Human Milk Fortifiers Do Not Meet the Current Recommendation for Nutrients in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.

Background: Use of multinutrient fortifiers is standard of care for small preterm infants fed exclusively human milk. However, adequacy of human milk fortifiers (HMFs) to meet the recommended intake for macronutrients and micronutrients is now known.

Materials And Methods: Nutrient content of human milk fortified according to manufacturer's recommendations was compared at isocaloric levels for 1 human milk-based (HMF-A), 2 bovine milk protein-based (HMF-B, HMF-C), and 2 preterm infant formulas (PTF-B, PTF-C).

Retroperitoneal immature teratoma.

Retroperitoneal immature teratoma is a rare tumor in the newborn infant with only a few instances reported in several case series.(1,2,3) We report a case of retroperitoneal immature teratoma presenting unusually on day one of life with severe abdominal distension and respiratory failure.