Assessment of Neonatal Growth in Prematurely Born Infants

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 295-307

  Clark, Reese H ^a   Olsen, Irene E ^b   Spitzer, Alan R ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body proportionality; Growth assessment; Growth curves; Growth status; Neonatal growth; Premature infants; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY COMPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 84901636657     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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