Early Zinc Supplementation and Enhanced Growth of the Low-Birth Weight Neonate

Early Zinc Supplementation and Enhanced Growth of the Low-Birth Weight Neonate

BACKGROUND Nutritional deficits are almost universal in Low-Birth Weight babies. Zinc is essential for normal infant growth and its supplementation assists growth probably through insulin-like growth factor-1. AIM This double-blind randomized-controlled trial aimed at evaluating the role of zinc in catch-up growth of low-birth-weight infants and investigating its proposed mediator. MATERIAL...

Effect of zinc supplementation on morbidity and growth in hospital-born, low-birth-weight infants.

BACKGROUND Low-birth-weight infants may have impaired zinc status, but little is known about the effect of zinc supplementation. OBJECTIVE The objective was to investigate the effect of daily zinc supplementation on morbidity and anthropometric status in hospital-born, low-birth-weight infants. DESIGN In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 2052 hospital-born term infants w...

Relationship between Low Birth Weight Neonate and Maternal Serum Zinc Concentration

BACKGROUND Zinc deficiency can lead to clinically relevant disturbances in tissue functions and particularly important for birth weight of neonates. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between serum zinc in pregnant women and the incidence of low birth weight (<2500 g) in their newborns. METHODS This case-control study was done on women who delivered low birth weight infan...

relationship between low birth weight neonate and maternal serum zinc concentration

Clinical Effects of Carnitin Supplementation on Hypoglycemia, Apnea and Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

Background Systemic carnitine deficiency may present with apnea, hypotonia, and poor growth. Premature infants often manifest these symptoms and are at risk of developing carnitine deficiency because of immaturity of the biosynthetic pathway, lack of sufficient predelivery transplacental transport, and lack of sufficient exogenous supplementation. Objective This study was undertaken to examine ...