Meeting Nutritional Goals: Computer-Aided Prescribing of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

Many patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are at high risk of malnutrition and poor growth. The majority of patients at risk of malnutrition are preterm infants, but other groups are also at risk including patients with cardiac failure, severe gastrointestinal disease, hepatic disorders, and those who have undergone abdominal surgery.