#424 - 🏖️ [COOL TOPICS] - How Should We Feed the Most Immature Babies in Our NICUs? (ft. Dr. Tarah Colaizy)

Send us Fan MailDr. Tarah Colaizy, Professor of Neonatology at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and Medical Director of the Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa, challenges the one size fits all approach to nutrition in periviable infants. She shares the Iowa philosophy of individualized, principle driven feeding management, explains why rigid protocol adherence can backfire in the most immature babies, and walks through her unit’s glycerin protocol for meconium obstruction of prematurity. She also discusses the practical realities of frequent low volume lab monitoring and the importance of patience over speed in enteral feeding advancement.Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: [email protected]. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!