Original Communication Clinical Relevancy Statement

Extrauterine growth restriction is a major clinical problem for prematurely born neonates, especially extremely low birth weight preterm neonates, and growth failure in the neonatal intensive care unit remains common. Rapid enteral feeding advancements in 750- to 1250-g birth weight infants reduce the time to reach full enteral feeding and the use of parenteral nutrition administration. Rapid-advancement enteral feed also decreases extrauterine growth restriction with improved short-term outcome for these high-risk infants