Guideline · Consensus statement
Nutritional management of metabolic disorders in neonates and infants in Saudi Arabia: consensus recommendations.
- Allied health
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Enteral feeding
- Growth
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Medical
- Metabolic, endocrine and renal
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
Summary
Delphi consensus from a panel of six metabolic dietitians across five Saudi hospitals on the nutritional management of inborn errors of metabolism in neonates and infants. It covers 105 recommendations for propionic acidaemia, methylmalonic acidaemia, glutaric aciduria type 1, PKU, MSUD, VLCAD deficiency and homocystinuria. Themes include supporting growth and development, reducing toxic metabolites, preventing deficiencies and avoiding catabolism. It also highlights challenges faced by dietitians, patients and caregivers in a setting with high IEM prevalence.
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