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Nitrogen Balance Studies During Oral and Complete Intravenous Feeding of Small Premature Infants
Author(s) -
HENDRY P. G.,
JAMES B. E.,
MacMAHON R. A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1978.tb02931.x
Subject(s) - nitrogen balance , medicine , balance (ability) , gestational age , nitrogen , birth weight , small for gestational age , pediatrics , pregnancy , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , genetics
Nitrogen balance studies during oral and complete intravenous feeding of small premature infants. Nitrogen balance studies have been performed on 15 premature infants with birth weights less than 1,200 g, who were fed by naso‐gastric tube or by total intravenous nutrition. Each regime was found to be capable of producing growth and positive nitrogen balance. The balance data obtained from this study have been used in combination with nitrogen retention data for foetuses of similar weight and gestational age, reported elsewhere, to predict the intravenous nitrogen requirement of the small premature infant.