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EBM

Expressed breast milk

ELBW

Extremely low birth weight: an infant with a birth weight of less than 1000 g (2 lb, 3 oz). Most extremely low birth weight infants are also the youngest of premature newborns, usually born at 27 weeks' gestational age or younger.

Source: Medscape

ESPGHAN

European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Committee

EUGR

Extrauterine growth restriction, a common condition in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants (< or = 1,500 g). Most affected infants have a birth weight that is average for gestational age, but by the time of hospital discharge have a weight that is less than the tenth percentile for corrected gestational age. EUGR is the most frequent morbidity among VLBW survivors at their time of discharge from the hospital.

Source: Ruth 2008