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Transcutaneous Microcirculatory Imaging in Preterm Neonates
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The skinfold thickness in preterm infants

V Hurgoiu1, M Mihetiu

  • 1Department of Puericulture, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Early Human Development
|July 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Preterm infants

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Area of Science:

  • Neonatal physiology and development
  • Pediatric nutrition and growth assessment

Background:

  • Preterm infants exhibit unique growth patterns compared to full-term infants.
  • Assessing subcutaneous fat is crucial for evaluating nutritional status in neonates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the development of skinfold thickness in healthy preterm infants.
  • To determine the relationship between skinfold thickness and infant age and gestational age.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 120 healthy preterm infants (birth weight < 2500 g).
  • Measurement of subscapular, triceps, and abdominal (suprailiac) skinfolds at 2 weeks, 1 month, and 2 months corrected age.
  • Comparison of skinfold development between appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants.

Main Results:

  • Skinfold thickness increased with infant age, independent of gestational age.
  • Triceps skinfold was consistently thicker than subscapular and abdominal skinfolds.
  • In identically-fed AGA preterm infants, skinfold thickness correlated with post-conceptional age.
  • SGA infants exhibited thinner skinfolds up to a post-conceptional age of 44 weeks.

Conclusions:

  • Subcutaneous fat deposition progresses with age in preterm infants.
  • Triceps skinfold is a reliable indicator of fat stores in this population.
  • Post-conceptional age is a key factor in skinfold development for preterm infants, with SGA infants showing delayed fat accumulation.

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