Type of feeding does not influence thyroid hormone levels in premature infants.

Abstract

Thirty premature neonates (mean gestational age 31.8 +/- 3.90 weeks; mean birth weight 1569 +/- 236 g) were divided into three groups receiving breast milk, Robolact and Pre-Aptamil formula feeding. The infants with and without neonatal idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) were separately evaluated. No effect of the type of feeding and of a previously experienced IRDS on the blood T3-, T4-, and THS-levels could be demonstrated at the age of 6 weeks.

• Authors: K Adamovich, I Horváth, G Károlyi, K Méhes
• Journal: Acta paediatrica Hungarica (Acta Paediatr Hung) 1988-1989 Vol. 29 Issue 3-4 Pg. 249-53 ISSN: 0231-441X [Print] Hungary
• PMID: 3269262 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Thyroid Hormones
• Thyrotropin

Topics

• Humans
• Infant Food
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature (blood)
• Milk, Human
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn (etiology)
• Thyroid Gland (metabolism)
• Thyroid Hormones (blood)
• Thyrotropin (blood)