Early and exclusive enteral nutrition in infants born very preterm.

Objective: To characterise the effects of early and exclusive enteral nutrition with either maternal or donor milk in infants born very preterm (28-32 weeks of gestation).

Design: Parallel-group, unmasked randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Regional, tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.

Predicting body fat percentage at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age in infants born preterm: A diagnostic accuracy study.

Background: Current standards for assessing body composition can be costly and technically challenging. There is a need for a predictive equation that combines multiple clinical and anthropometric factors to predictbody composition outcomes at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age (PMA) or discharge.

Methods: To develop a widely applicable equation that predicts body fat percentage in preterm infants, we analyzed anthropometric data collected prospectively from a cohort of infants born very preterm between 2017 and 2018.

Body composition of extremely preterm infants fed protein-enriched, fortified milk: a randomized trial.

Background: Critically ill extremely preterm infants fed human milk are often underrepresented in neonatal nutrition trials aimed to determine the effects of enteral protein supplementation on body composition outcomes.

Methods: Masked randomized trial in which 56 extremely preterm infants 25-28 weeks of gestation were randomized to receive either fortified milk enriched with a fixed amount of extensively hydrolyzed protein (high protein group) or fortified milk without additional protein (standard protein group).

Results: Baseline characteristics were similar between groups.

O-Glycosidation reactions promoted by in situ generated silver N-heterocyclic carbenes in ionic liquids.

We herein report O-glycosidation reactions promoted via silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes formed in situ in ionic liquids. Seven different room temperature ionic liquids were screened for the glycosidation reaction of 4-nitrophenol with tetra-O-acetyl-α-d-galactopyranosyl bromide. Good to excellent yields were obtained using Ag-NHC complexes derived from imidazolium halide salts to promote the glycosidation reaction, whereas yields considered moderate to low were obtained without use of the silver carbene complex.