Growth monitoring of low birthweight infants: What references to use?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 759-767

  Tudehope, David ^a,b   Gibbons, Kristen ^a   Cormack, Barbara ^c   Bloomfield, Frank ^d,e,f  

^a MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Nutrition Services   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f National Research Centre for Growth and Development Auckland   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

customised growth chart; growth assessment; growth chart; preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MONITORING; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84866247148     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02534.x     Document Type: Review

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