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Tanis R Fenton

University of Calgary
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A systematic review and meta-analysis to revise the Fenton growth chart for preterm infants

TR Fenton, JH Kim - BMC pediatrics, 2013 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to revise the 2003 Fenton Preterm Growth Chart,
specifically to: a) harmonize the preterm growth chart with the new World Health Organization (…

A new growth chart for preterm babies: Babson and Benda's chart updated with recent data and a new format

TR Fenton - BMC pediatrics, 2003 - Springer
Background The Babson and Benda 1976 "fetal-infant growth graph" for preterm infants is
commonly used in neonatal intensive care. Its limits include the small sample size which …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the nutrient content of preterm and term breast milk

DA Gidrewicz, TR Fenton - BMC pediatrics, 2014 - Springer
Background Breast milk nutrient content varies with prematurity and postnatal age. Our aims
were to conduct a meta-analysis of preterm and term breast milk nutrient content (energy, …

Effects of nutritional prehabilitation, with and without exercise, on outcomes of patients who undergo colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, L Gramlich, N Culos-Reed, TT Sajobi, TR Fenton - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Although there have been meta-analyses of the effects of exercise-only
prehabilitation on patients undergoing colorectal surgery, little is known about the effects of …

Validating the weight gain of preterm infants between the reference growth curve of the fetus and the term infant

TR Fenton, R Nasser, M Eliasziw, JH Kim, D Bilan… - BMC pediatrics, 2013 - Springer
Background Current fetal-infant growth references have an obvious growth disjuncture around
40 week gestation overlapping where the fetal and infant growth references are combined…

INTERGROWTH-21st very preterm size at birth reference charts

J Villar, F Giuliani, TR Fenton, EO Ohuma, LC Ismail… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
In 2014, the INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium published international standards for newborn
baby size, based on neonates with no major complications or ultrasound evidence of fetal …

Higher versus lower protein intake in formula‐fed low birth weight infants

TR Fenton, H Al-Wassia, SS Premji… - Cochrane database of …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The ideal quantity of dietary protein for formula‐fed low birth weight infants is
still a matter of debate. Protein intake must be sufficient to achieve normal growth without …

“Extrauterine growth restriction” and “postnatal growth failure” are misnomers for preterm infants

TR Fenton, B Cormack, D Goldberg, R Nasser… - Journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Preterm infants are increasingly diagnosed as having “extrauterine growth restriction” (EUGR)
or “postnatal growth failure” (PGF). Usually EUGR/PGF is diagnosed when weight is <10th …

Causal assessment of dietary acid load and bone disease: a systematic review & meta-analysis applying Hill's epidemiologic criteria for causality

TR Fenton, SC Tough, AW Lyon, M Eliasziw… - Nutrition journal, 2011 - Springer
Background Modern diets have been suggested to increase systemic acid load and net acid
excretion. In response, alkaline diets and products are marketed to avoid or counteract this …

Meta‐analysis of the effect of the acid‐ash hypothesis of osteoporosis on calcium balance

TR Fenton, AW Lyon, M Eliasziw… - Journal of Bone and …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The acid‐ash hypothesis posits that protein and grain foods, with a low potassium intake,
produce a diet acid load, net acid excretion (NAE), increased urine calcium, and release of …