Accuracy of preterm infant weight gain velocity calculations vary depending on method used and infant age at time of measurement

Pediatric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 650-654

  Fenton, Tanis R ^a   Griffin, Ian J ^b   Hoyos, Angela ^c   Groh Wargo, Sharon ^d   Anderson, Diane ^e   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^f   Senterre, Thibault ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Biomedical Research Institute of New Jersey Mid Atlantic Neonatal Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); WEIGHT GAIN VELOCITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85061026349     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-019-0313-z     Document Type: Article

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