Perinatal and pediatric nutrition.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1993
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 387–406
- Identifiers
- PMID: 8319426
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Nutritional deficiencies develop rapidly in the very low birth weight infants because of a lack of third-trimester accumulation of fat, minerals, trace elements, and fat-soluble vitamins. Symptomatic zinc deficiency and hypernatremic dehydration may occur unexpectedly in the wholly breast-fed full-term or premature infant, and nutritional adequacy should be carefully monitored even in breast-fed full-term infants.