Paediatric Nutrition

Pharmacy are able to order alternative feeds for children if necessary

1. Enteral feeds (standard)

Body weight >45kg) (over 12 years)

  

Same products as enteral feeds (standard - adult range, section 1)

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Same equivalents

Body weight 30 - 45kg (up to 12 years)

  

Use Tentrini Range (Nutricia)

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Paediasure (AN)
(500ml RTH Bottle)

1 kcal / nutritionally complete feed for children

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Paediasure with fibre

Nutrini (Nutricia) (up to 20 kg)

Nutrini Multifibre (Nutricia) (up to 20 kg)

Body weight 8 - 30 kg (up to 10 years)

  

Paediasure Plus (AN)
(500 ml RTH Bottle)

1.5 kcal/ml nutritionally complete feed suitable for children

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Paediasure Plus with fibre (AN)

Nutrini Energy (Nutricia) (up to 20 kg)

 

Paediasure Plus with Fibre
see note (equiv)

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Nutrini Energy
Multifibre
(up to 20kg)

Nutrini Low Energy Multifibre (Nutricia)
(500 ml Pack)

0.75 kcal / ml nutritionally complete feed with added mixed sources of fibre suitable for children 8-20kg

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Up to 8kg (0 - 1 years)

  

Infatrini (Nutricia)
(100ml glass bottle)

Nutritionally complete energy dense feed suitable for children up to 8kg

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SMA High Energy (SMA)
(250ml glass bottle).

Nutritionally complete energy dense feed suitable for children

    

2. Paediatric Enteral Feeds (Special Use)

  

Wysoy (Wyeth)
(430g tin)

Soya protein isolate, generally used for cow's milk intolerance (use with children > 6 months)

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Infasoy (Cow & Gate)

Enfamil AR (Mead Johnson)
(400g tin)

Infant formula which instantly thickens once in the stomach severe gastro-oesophageal reflux

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Pregestimil (Mead Johnson)
(450g tin)

Protein-casein hydrolysate plus amino-acids, 35% MCT fat. Used in allergy and malabsorption conditions

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Nutramigen (Mead Johnson)
(425g tin)

Protein-casein hydrolysate with no additional MCT fats. Suitable for malabsorption or intolerance conditions

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Peptijunior (Cow & Gate)

Neocate Advance (SHS)
(10x100g sachets)

Either flavoured or unflavoured elemental feed for chidren > 1yr old

 

  

No alternative

Nutriprem 1 (Cow & Gate)
(60ml bottle)

Preterm, low birth weight infant formula for infants < 2kg

  

(Alternative
Low Birthweight formula SHS)

Nutriprem 2 (Cow & Gate)
(100ml bottle)

Preterm, infant formula for babies > 2kg
(Post discharge formula)

  

(Alternative Premcare-Farleys)

Pre-Nan (Nestle)
(90ml bottle)

Hydrolysed milk protein formula for low birth weight infants up to 4 - 5kg

    

Neocate (SHS)
(400g tin)

Elemental feed used in cows milk protein intolerance, short bowel syndrome, malabsorption, inflammatory bowel disease and bowel fistulae in infants under 1 year

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Neocate Advance (SHS)

 

3. Sip feeds

As adult section - plus

    

Paediasure Plus
(200ml carton)

1.5 kcal / ml nutritionally complete sip feed for children (8-30 kg)

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Fortini & Fortini Multifibre (Nutricia)

For children (8-20 kg)

Paediasure
(200ml carton)

1 kcal / ml nutritionally complete sip feed for children (8-30 kg)

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4. Calorie supplementation (non-complete)

As adult section - plus

    

Super Soluble Duocal Powder (SHS)
(400g tin)

Combined Fat & Carbohydrate energy powder used to supplement feeds

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5 Thickening agents

    

Thick and easy (Fresenius)
(225g tin)

Starch based thickening agent for use in dysphagic children over 1 year old.

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Carobel Instant (Nutricia)
(135g tin)

For thickening of milk formulas

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Enfamil AR (Mead Johnson)
(400g)

See enteral feeds - special use.

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