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Table 3 Adjustable Fortification criteria based on weekly blood urea nitrogen (BUN) values

From: Nutritional adequacy of a novel human milk fortifier from donkey milk in feeding preterm infants: study protocol of a randomized controlled clinical trial

BUN (blood urea nitrogen)

  < 10 mg/dl

Increase fortification by one level

 10–16 mg/dl

No change

  > 16 mg/dl

Decrease fortification by one level