Maintaining optimal growth of preterm infants after hospital discharge remains a challenge. There has been no data on the long-term growth trajectory of preterm infants in Indonesia. We aimed to describe the growth trajectory of preterm infants up to 24 months of corrected age and its variation among gestational age groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Indonesia has high numbers of preterm birth, i.e., around 600,000 preterm births annually.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Postnatal growth failure (PGF) frequently occurred among preterm infants with malnutrition. The decline in a weight-for-age -score of ≥1.2 has been proposed to define PGF.
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