Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr.  2018 Jul;21(3):189-195. 10.5223/pghn.2018.21.3.189.

Amino Acid-Based Formula in Premature Infants with Feeding Intolerance: Comparison of Fecal Calprotectin Level

• Jang HJ
• Park JH
• Kim CS
• Lee SL
• Lee WM

• KMID: 2415597
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5223/pghn.2018.21.3.189

Abstract

PURPOSE
We investigated fecal calprotectin (FC) levels in preterm infants with and without feeding intolerance (FI), and compared the FC levels according to the type of feeding.
METHODS
The medical records of 67 premature infants were reviewed retrospectively. The fully enteral-fed infants were classified into two groups; the FI group (29 infants) and the control group (31 infants). Seven infants with necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, and perinatal asphyxia were excluded. If breast milk (BM) or preterm formula (PF) could not be tolerated by infants with FI, amino acid-based formula (AAF) was tried temporarily. Once FI improved, AAF was discontinued, and BM or PF was resumed. We investigated the FC levels according to the type of feeding.
RESULTS
Significant differences were found in gestational age, birth weight, age when full enteral feeding was achieved, and hospital stay between the FI and control group (p < 0.05). The FC levels in the FI group were significantly higher than those in the control group (p < 0.05). The FC levels in the AAF-fed infants with FI were significantly lower than those in the BM- or PF-fed infants (p < 0.05). The growth velocities (g/d) and z scores were not significantly different between the FI and control group (p>0.05).
CONCLUSION
The FC levels in AAF-fed infants with FI showed significantly lower than those in the BM- or PF-fed infants with FI. The mitigation of gut inflammation through the decrease of FC levels in AAF-fed infants with FI could be presumed.

Keyword

Fecal calprotectin; Infant formula

MeSH Terms

Asphyxia
Birth Weight
Enteral Nutrition
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant
Infant Formula
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature*
Inflammation
Length of Stay
Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex*
Medical Records
Milk, Human
Retrospective Studies
Sepsis
Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Fecal calprotectin levels by type of feeding in preterm infants with feeding intolerance. BM: breast milk, PF: preterm formula, AAF: acid-based formula.

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  Fig. 2 The postnatal age-related fecal calprotectin levels in preterm infants with feeding intolerance by type of feeding. BM: breast milk, PF: preterm formula, AAF: acid-based formula.

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