Clinical effects of L-carnitine supplementation on apnea and growth in very low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-482

  Whitfield, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Twyala ^a   Sollohub, Heather ^a   Sweetman, Lawrence ^a   Roe, Charles R ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Carnitine supplementation; Growth; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; METHYLXANTHINE; PLACEBO;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APNEA; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CATCH UP GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

APNEA; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CARNITINE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037339661     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.3.477     Document Type: Article

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