Aspects of nutrition, metabolism and growth of the low birthweight infant

A dextrose electrolyte solution (5.9mmol/dl sodium) administered alone or as a component of total parenteral nutrition was satisfactory for full term infants but produced significant hypernatraemia in infants of < 34 weeks gestation during their first few days of life. This hypernatraemia was pre...

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Main Author: Glass, Elizabeth Jean D.
Published: University of Edinburgh 1983
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256922