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The relationship between fecal fat and water in very-low-birth-weight infants. 1990

M De Curtis, and C Kempson, and V Ventura, and N Carter, and N McIntosh

Department of Pediatrics, Second School of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.

Metabolic balances were carried out in nine preterm very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants, five of whom were fed on expressed breast milk and four on a preterm formula. In 39 stool samples from these infants, there was a very close relationship between the fecal fat and the fecal water (r = -0.95; p less than 0.001), independent of the type of feed. This relationship was present over a very wide range of fat and water contents. Validation experiments confirmed the reproducibility and reliability of this relationship. The correlation is clinically and experimentally so close that measurement of stool water by freeze-drying a sample is an accurate indirect measure of fecal fat in VLBW infants when the daily stool weight was known.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007230	Infant, Low Birth Weight	An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.	Low Birth Weight,Low-Birth-Weight Infant,Birth Weight, Low,Birth Weights, Low,Infant, Low-Birth-Weight,Infants, Low-Birth-Weight,Low Birth Weight Infant,Low Birth Weights,Low-Birth-Weight Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008895	Milk, Human	Milk that is produced by HUMAN MAMMARY GLANDS.	Breast Milk,Human Milk,Milk, Breast
D004750	Enteral Nutrition	Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.	Enteral Feeding,Force Feeding,Nutrition, Enteral,Tube Feeding,Gastric Feeding Tubes,Feeding Tube, Gastric,Feeding Tubes, Gastric,Feeding, Enteral,Feeding, Force,Feeding, Tube,Feedings, Force,Force Feedings,Gastric Feeding Tube,Tube, Gastric Feeding,Tubes, Gastric Feeding
D005223	Fats	The glyceryl esters of a fatty acid, or of a mixture of fatty acids. They are generally odorless, colorless, and tasteless if pure, but they may be flavored according to origin. Fats are insoluble in water, soluble in most organic solvents. They occur in animal and vegetable tissue and are generally obtained by boiling or by extraction under pressure. They are important in the diet (DIETARY FATS) as a source of energy. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
D005243	Feces	Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
D005526	Food, Formulated	Food and dietary formulations including elemental (chemically defined formula) diets, synthetic and semisynthetic diets, space diets, weight-reduction formulas, tube-feeding diets, complete liquid diets, and supplemental liquid and solid diets.	Diet, Chemically Defined,Diet, Elemental,Diet, Formula,Diet, Synthetic,Dietary Formulations,Chemically Defined Diet,Synthetic Diet,Chemically Defined Diets,Dietary Formulation,Diets, Chemically Defined,Diets, Elemental,Diets, Formula,Diets, Synthetic,Elemental Diet,Elemental Diets,Foods, Formulated,Formulated Food,Formulated Foods,Formulation, Dietary,Formulations, Dietary
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014867	Water	A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Hydrogen Oxide