TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical care problems of the newborn
T2 - insensible water loss in small premature infants.
AU - Yeh, T. F.
AU - Vidyasagar, D.
AU - Pildes, R. S.
PY - 1975/1/1
Y1 - 1975/1/1
N2 - During the control period in this study, small premature infants, 1500 g in birth weight, had insensible water loss (IWL) of 2.28 g/kg/hr (equivlaent to 54 ml/kg/day), which is considerably higher than in full term infants. Under phototherapy, there was a significant increase in IWL (3.14 g/kg/hr) associated with increase of skin and rectal temperature. The heart rate and respiratory rates were comparable. Full term infants in stress situations such as phototherapy can compensate for water losses by increasing oral intake. In small premature infants, reliance must be placed upon increased amounts of parenteral fluids when under phototherapy.
AB - During the control period in this study, small premature infants, 1500 g in birth weight, had insensible water loss (IWL) of 2.28 g/kg/hr (equivlaent to 54 ml/kg/day), which is considerably higher than in full term infants. Under phototherapy, there was a significant increase in IWL (3.14 g/kg/hr) associated with increase of skin and rectal temperature. The heart rate and respiratory rates were comparable. Full term infants in stress situations such as phototherapy can compensate for water losses by increasing oral intake. In small premature infants, reliance must be placed upon increased amounts of parenteral fluids when under phototherapy.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003246-197511000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00003246-197511000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 1201660
AN - SCOPUS:0016573403
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 3
SP - 238
EP - 241
JO - Critical Care Medicine
JF - Critical Care Medicine
IS - 6
ER -