Gut microbiota and intestinal rehabilitation: a prospective childhood cohort longitudinal study of short bowel syndrome (the MIRACLS study): study protocol.

Introduction: Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the predominant cause of paediatric intestinal failure. Although life-saving, parenteral nutrition (PN) is linked to complications and may impact quality of life (QoL). Most children will experience intestinal rehabilitation (IR), but the mechanisms underpinning this remain to be understood.

Nutrition in the preterm infant: what’s new?

Purpose Of Review: The increasing recognition of the role of nutritional care for preterm infants continues to result in a proliferation of review articles, systematic reviews, observational studies and trials. In this article, we review a selection of important studies published in the last 12–18 months.

Recent Findings: The selected studies demonstrate the potential importance of light protecting parenteral nutrition solutions, the benefits of standardized concentrated parenteral nutrition solutions and the importance of insulin-like growth factor I in early life.