Sharon Groh-Wargo is the Senior Clinical Nutritionist in the Department of Pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. She has extensive experience as a clinical dietitian in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She is a renowned expert in the field of neonatal nutrition, has been asked to author and edit many publications in the field and has been a key speaker at meetings and seminars. Professor Groh-Wargo teaches the course "Nutritional Care of the Neonate" (NTRN 533).

Neonatal Nutrition

Body Composition and Infancy

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1. Groh-Wargo, S. L., and Iovasi Cox, J. I.:  Prematurely Born Infants. In J H Cox (ed): Nutrition Manual for At-Risk Infants and Toddlers. Precept Press. Chicago. 1997.
   
   
2. Groh-Wargo, S. L.:  Assessing the Vitamin A and Carotenoid Intake of Infants. Topics in Clinical Nutrition 11(3):27-37, 1996.
   
   
3. Montalto, M. B., Mimouni, F. B., Sentipal-Walerius, J., Bender, C. V., Groh-Wargo, S. L.:  Reduced growth in hospital discharged low birth weight (LBW) infants fed formulas with added marine oil (MO). Pediatric Research 39(4), 316A, 1996. (Abstract)
   
   
4. Groh-Wargo, S. L., Toth, A., Mahoney, K., Simonian, S., Wasser, T., Rose, S.:  The utility of a bilateral breast pumping system for mothers of premature infants. Neonatal Network 14:31-36, 1995.
   
   
5. Groh-Wargo, S. L., Thompson, M., Cox, J.:  Nutritional Care of High Risk Newborns Revised Edition. Precept Press, Chicago, 1994.
   
   
6. Groh-Wargo, S. L., and Antonelli, K.:  Normal Nutrition During Infancy. In CF Lang and P Queen (Ed) Pediatric Nutrition Reference Manual. Aspen Publishers, Inc, Rockville, MD, 1992.
   
   
7. Kuhnert, B. R., Kuhnert, P. M., Groh-Wargo, S. L., Webster, S., Erhard, P., Lazebnik, N.:  Smoking alters the relationship between maternal zinc intake and biochemical indices of fetal zinc status. Am J Clin Nutr. 55:981-4, 1992.
   
   
8. Groh-Wargo, S. L., Danish, E. H., and Super, D. M.:  Iron Therapy in the premature infant. Pediatric Research. 27:284A, 1990. (Abstract)
   
   
9. Groh-Wargo, S. L.: Nutritional care of the premature infant after hospital discharge. In Building Block for Life Newsletter, a publication of the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. V. 13, No. 2, Spring, 1990.
   
   
10. Zabielski, P. B., Groh-Wargo, S. L. and Moore, J. J.:  Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Feeding in endemic and epidemic period. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 13:520-524, 1989.
    
    
11. Thomas, B. R., Groh-Wargo, S. L., Hollis, B. W., and Reddy, G. S.:  Normal Plasma 2,25(OH)D in a breast-fed premature infant with early hypophosphatemic rickets. In Vitamin D: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Endocrinology. AW Normal, K Schaefer, H-G Grigoleit and D Herrath (Editors). Walter de Gruyter, New York, 1988.
    
    
12. Groh-Wargo, S. L., Ciaccia, A., and Moore, J.:  Neonatal metabolic acidosis; Effect of chloride from normal saline flushes. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 12;159-161. 1988.
    
    
13. Kuhnert, P. M., Kuhnert, B. R., Erhard, P., Brashear, W. T., Groh-Wargo, S. L.:  Webster. The effect of smoking on placental and fetal zinc status. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 157:1241-1246, 1987.
    
    
14. Groh-Wargo, S. L., and Lang, C. E.:  Nutritional assessment in infancy: The normal and high risk infant. Topics in Clinical Nutrition 2(4):63-69, 1987.
    
    
15. Groh-Wargo, S. L.:  Prematurity/Low Birth Weight. In CE Lang (ed) Nutritional Support in Critical Care. Aspen Publishers, Inc., Rockville, MD, 1987.
    
    
16. Ohio Neonatal Nutritionists. Nutritional Care for High Risk Newborn. George F. Stickley, Philadelphia, 1985 (Contributing author)
    
    
17. Thomas, B. R., Groh-Wargo, S. L., King, K., Hollis, B. W., Reddy, G. S.:  Dietary phosphate deficiency as a cause of osteopenia of prematurity. Calcified Tissue International. 36(4):499, 1984. (Abstract)
    
    
18. Coyer, W., Groh-Wargo, S. L., and Bates, G.:  Light scattering index (LSI) norms for the neonatal ICU. Pediatric Research, 14:595, 1980. (Abstract)