10 Dec 2019 --- The majority of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium are unable to reliably and consistently monitor caloric intake delivered to infants at risk for growth failure. This is according to research published in the Journal of Perinatology, which found a low prevalence of fully automated clinical decision support systems used to calculate and adjust nutritional intake for premature infants. The study suggests that automated systems may be necessary to improve quality in neonatal nutritional care, as well as better demonstrate the link between growth and nutrition to doctors.
