Stool water in preterm neonates.
Data are presented on faecal water losses in 93 preterm infants being fed breast milk (72 infant days) or formula (280 days). Losses per kg increased to 4 weeks, when they amounted to 11% of water requirement in infants fed breast milk and 8% in infants fed formula.
D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000378:metabolism*; D008895:Milk, Human