#388 - [Journal Club Shorts] - 📌 Should Preterm Infants Receive Full Feeds from Day One? Artwork

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#388 - [Journal Club Shorts] - 📌 Should Preterm Infants Receive Full Feeds from Day One?

January 01, 2026 • Ben Courchia MD & Daphna Yasova Barbeau MD

Full exclusively enteral fluids from day 1 versus gradual feeding in preterm infants (FEED1): a open-label, parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, superiority trial.

Ojha S, Mitchell EJ, Johnson MJ, Gale C, McGuire W, Oddie S, Hall SS, Meakin G, Anderson J, Partlet C, Su Y, Johnson S, Walker KF, Ogollah R, Mistry H, Naghdi S, Montgomery A, Dorling J; FEED1 collaborative.Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Dec;9(12):827-836. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00271-8. Epub 2025 Oct 17.PMID: 41115446 Free article. Clinical Trial.

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