Feeding and nutritional practises and growth outcomes for extremely preterm infants

Clinical practise around the management of nutrition for extremely preterm infants may vary across NICUs. This may include the use of probiotic supplementation, types of breastmilk fortification, availability of pasturised donor milk and so on. This may affect not only the extrauterine growth of these infants but also their risks for sepsis or necrotising entercolitis. This study will investigate clinical practise around feeding and nutrition across the NICUs at Monash Children's Hospital (Melbourne) and Southmead Hospital (Bristol, United Kingdom). The student will be learn to utilise clinical epidemiological methods to investigate the effect of clinical practise on inpatient outcomes for these infants, based on datasets from clinical registries that the NICUs participate in.