Reference Materials for Health Care Professionals and Parents

Within these resources, you'll find information about Abbott Nutrition products. They may help you and your colleagues ensure that preterm and low-birth-weight infants in the NICU get the nourishment they need for proper growth and development and provide answers for parent's questions.

Additional resources for health care professionals are accessible through the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute

Educational materials for parents regarding infant nutrition needs in the NICU are available below.

For Health Care Professionals

Abbott Nutrition Preterm Feeding Guide
Access the PDF(4556 KB)

Abbott Nutrition Preterm Feeding Recipes
Access the PDF (2759 KB)

NICU Currents: Nutrition Support of the Preterm Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Access the PDF (834 KB)

Dietetic Currents: Practical Solutions for Nutritional Management of the ELBW and VLBW Infant after Discharge from the NICU
Access the PDF (535 KB)

NICU Currents: The Importance of Protein for the Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infant
Access the PDF (1036 KB)

Dietetic Currents: Improving Nutritional Outcomes with Human Milk Fortification
Access the PDF (1959 KB)

NICU Currents: Using and Fortifying Human Milk for Very Preterm Babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Access the PDF (2497 KB)

Links

Multilingual Patient Breastfeeding Education Materials

Survanta.com

Cards, Charts, and Log Books

	Abbott Nutrition Hospital Feeding System Access the PDF (1013 KB)		Fenton Fetal-Infant Growth Chart for Preterm Infants Access the PDF(255 KB)
	Maturational Assessment of Gestational Age (New Ballard Score) Access the PDF (35 KB)

Educational Material for Parents

Parents of preterm or low-birth-weight infants may face concerns about the nutritional well-being of their babies in the NICU. You can help guide parents by supplying them with the following materials.

NeoSure Powder Mixing Instructions
Access the PDF (367 KB)

Preterm Nutrition Management
Access the PDF (893 KB)