title: Stool water in preterm neonates.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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