title: Quantitative ultrasound assessment of bone in preterm and term neonates.
abstract: There is a need to explore novel methods of assessing bone health in sick preterm infants. This study of the speed of sound in the long bones of newborn term and preterm infants shows that, in this population, this technique is not site specific and has a high degree of interobserver and intraobserver precision. The speed of sound in newborn infants is primarily dependent on gestation rather than birth weight.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Unit, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McDevitt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography