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Effect of thermal environment and caloric intake on head growth of low birthweight infants during late neonatal period.
  1. L Glass,
  2. R V Lala,
  3. V Jaiswal,
  4. S K Nigam

    Abstract

    In order to assess the effects of ambient thermal conditions on postnatal head growth in low birth weight infants, 42 asymtomatic neonates were reared under 4 combinations of caloric intake and thermal environment after the first week of life. Exposure to a subthermoneutral temperature (abdominal skin temperature of 35 degrees C), together with a relatively low caloric intake (120 cal/kg per day), was associated with significant retardation of head growth over a 2-week study period.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.50.7.571

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