Body water content of extremely preterm infants at birth

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Hartnoll, Gary ^a   Bétrémieux, Pierre ^b   Modi, Neena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b U Reanimation Neonatale et Pediat   (France)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dehydration; Growth restriction; Newborn; Preterm; Water compartments

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0033947416     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.83.1.f56     Document Type: Article

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