Total body water in full-term and preterm newborns: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aneurin Young Lisa K Brown Sarah Ennis Robert Mark Beattie Mark John Johnson

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2021)

This review defines the normal TBW percentage in term-born infants and confirms and quantifies previous findings that preterm infants have a higher TBW percentage.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
low birth weight
gestational age
pregnant women