Incidence of rickets of prematurity at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Oyatsi, D P O ^a   Musoke, R N ^a   Wasunna, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT MORTALITY; RICKETS;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; KENYA; MALE; RICKETS;

KENYA;

EID: 0032589945     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Glasgow J.F.T. and Thomas P.S. Rachitic respiratory distress in small preterm infants. Arch. Dis. Child. 1977; 52: 268-74.
2. Kulkarni P.B., Hall R.T. and Rhodes P.G. et al. Rickets in very low birth weight infants. J. Pediat. 1980; 96: 249-52.
3. Callenbach J.C., Sheehan M.B., Abramson S.J. and Hall R.T. Etiological factors in rickets of very low birth weigh infants. J. Pediat. 1981; 98:800-5.
4. Seino Y., Ishii T. and Shimotsuji T, et al. Plasma active vitamin D concentration in low birth weight infants with rickets and its response to vitamin D treatment. Arch. Dis. Child. 1981; 56:628-32
5. Mc Intosh N., Livesey A. and Brooke O.G. Plasma 25 - hydroxyvitamin D and rickets in infants of extremely low birthweight. Arch. Dis. Child. 1982; 57:848-50.
6. Nyakundi P.M., Kinuthia D.W.M. and Orinda D.A.O. Clinical aspects and causes of rickets in a Kenyan population. East Afr. Med. J. 1994; 71:536-542.
7. Caffey J. In Paediatric X-ray diagnosis. 6th Edition, 1973. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. pg 1222.
8. Gitelman H.J. An improved automated procedure for the determination of calcium in biological specimens. Anal. Biochem. 1967; 18:520-31.
9. Daly J.A. and Ertingsheusen G. Direct Method for determining inorganic phosphate in serum with the "centrifichem". Clin. Chem. 1972; 18:263-5.
10. Gamst O. and Try K. Determination of Serum Phosphate without deproteinisation by UV - spectrophotometry of the phosphomolybdic acid complex. Scand J. Clin. Lab. Invest. 1980; 40:483-6.
11. Glass E.J., Hume R. and Hendry G.M.A. et al. Plasma alkaline phosphatase activity in rickets of prematurity. Arch. Dis. Child. 1982; 57:373-6.
12. Bwibo N.O. and Ondijo S.O. Composition of human milk in Kenyan Women. East Afr. Med. J. 1981; 58:510-14.
13. Laskey M.A., Prentice A. and Shaw J. et al. Breast milk calcium concentration during prolonged lactation in British and Rural Gambian mothers. Acta Peadiat. Scand. 1990; 79:507-10.
14. Schanler R.J. and Garza C. Improved mineral balance in very low birth weight infants fed fortified human milk. J. Pediat. 1988; 112:452-6.
15. Chesney R.W., Hamstra A.J. and Deluca H.F. Rickets of prematurity. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 1981; 135:34-37.
16. Brooke O.G. and Lucas A. Metabolic bone disease in preterm infants. Arch. Dis. Child. 1985; 50:582-5.
17. Abram S.A., Schanler R.J., Tsang R.C. and Carza C. Bone mineralisation in former very low birth weight infants fed on either human milk or commercial formula: one year follow up observation. J. Pediat. 1989; 114:1041-44.
18. Koo W.W.K., Gupta J.M. and Nayanar W. et al. Skeletal changes in preterm infants. Arch. Dis. Child. 1982; 57:447-52.
19. Shaw J.C.L. Evidence for defective skeletal mineralisation in low birth weight infants: the absorption of calcium and fat. Paediatrics. 1976; 57:16-25.
20. Glaser K., Parmelle A.H. and Hoffman W.S. Comparative efficacy of vitamin D preparation in prophylactic treatment of premature infants. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 1949; 77:1.
21. Kovar I, Mayne P. and Barltrop D. Plasma D. Plasma alkaline phosphatase activity screening test for rickets in preterm neonates. Lancet. 1982; 1:308-10.
22. Kovar J. and Mayne P. Plasma alkaline activity in the Preterm neonate. Act Paediat. Scand. 1981; 70:501 - 506.