title: [Growth of preterm infants].
abstract: A hundred-forty-one infants born from 26 to 36 weeks, appropriate-for-gestational-age, were followed from birth until the corrected postmenstrual age of 42 weeks. Weight, height and cephalic perimeter were measured on a weekly basis. Based on the average values and percentiles of these measurements it was adjusted a third degree polynomial function. The growth curves obtained, when compared with the so-called intra-uterine growth curves, showed that during the 40th and 42nd postmenstrual weeks the averages and medians are similar. It was observed that the growth dynamics of the preterm infants showed a catch-up pattern in the immediate postnatal period.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Pediatria da Faculdade de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Xavier
authors.forename: V O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muccillo
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barbieri