Intravenous Feeding of the Neonate

Intravenous feeding was first used in neonates 20 years ago and is now readily available in all neonatal intensive care units for clinical use. This book is a guide to intravenous feeding - both as a scientific and clinically practical text - reviewing current scientific knowledge on all aspects of intravenous feeding of pre-term and clinically ill neonates with guidelines for safer and more rational clinical application included. This book is designed to be of interest to paediatricians, research scientists and clinical nutritionists.