title: Urinary creatinine excretion in the newborn.
abstract: We measured the excretion rate of endogenous creatinine in 84 24-hour urine collections obtained from 60 term and preterm newborn infants between the 3rd and the 68th postnatal day, at postconceptional ages 28-42 weeks. The rate was positively correlated with weight, height, and postconceptional age but not with postnatal age; the strongest correlation was that with weight. When the rate was factored by weight it was constant across the range of values studied, with a median and logarithmic mean value of 90 mumol/kg/day (10 mg/kg/day) and a range (2 log SD) of 45-180 mumol/kg/day (5-20 mg/kg/day).
authors: Evelina Children's Hospital (Guy's Hospital), London.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Al-Dahhan
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Stimmler
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Chantler
authors: G B
authors: GB
authors: Haycock
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000652:urine*; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine