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TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS IN NEWBORN INFANTS: IV. Small for Gestational Age Infants
Author(s) -
HAMMARLUND K.,
SEDIN G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1980.tb07096.x
Subject(s) - transepidermal water loss , medicine , small for gestational age , gestational age , gestation , pediatrics , obstetrics , pregnancy , stratum corneum , pathology , biology , genetics
. Hammarlund, K. and Sedin, G. (Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden). Transepidermal water loss in newborn infants. IV. Small for gestational age infants. Ada Paediatr Scand, 69: 377, 1980.—Using a method described earlier, the evaporation rate (ER) from the skin was studied at different ambient humidities in 14 full‐term and 10 pre‐term small for gestational age (SGA) infants. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was estimated in 25 SGA infants born after 30–40 weeks of gestation. Comparisons were made with infants appropriate for gestational age (AGA). A linear relationship was found between ER and ambient humidity in full‐term SGA infants, but with lower ER values than in AGA infants. Lower ER values were also found in moderately pre‐term SGA infants at different ambient humidities. ER was higher at lower ambient humidities in both SGA and AGA infants. In full‐term and moderately pre‐term SGA infants TEWL was lower than in corresponding AGA infants.