| Autor: |
GORDON, H. H., LEVINE, S. Z., MCNAMARA, H., MARPLES, E., BENJAMIN, H. R. |
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American Journal of Diseases of Children; March 1941, Vol. 61 Issue: 3 p524-534, 11p |
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Quantitative measurements of the water exchange of premature infants are essential for defining their fluid requirements because of their weak appetites and because factors other than feeding contribute so much to their well-being. This paper presents the results of such measurements made on 12 premature infants fed varying diets but studied under constant environmental conditions. APPARATUS AND METHODS A detailed description of the methods employed for analysis of the diet and excreta (urine and feces), for measurement of the twenty-four hour insensible loss from skin and lungs, for determination of the daily respiratory exchange and for calculation of the composition of the metabolic mixture was given in previous papers.1 The "direct," or "metabolic," method2 of calculation of the water exchange was used because it gives information concerning not only the total water balance but also the partition of excretion via urine, feces and skin and lungs. According to |
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