The effect of various milk feeds on the neonatal calcium, magnesium, phosphate and protein levels

Snodgrass, G.J.; Stimmler, L.; Went, J.; Will, E.J.

Clinical Science 40(6): 22P

1971


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9287
PMID: 5109124
Document Number: 31996
In all but 3 out of 68 breast-fed infants, a rise in plasma Ca was observed by 6-9 days, the mean Ca rise recorded being 0.8 mg/100 ml. By contrast, appr ox. one-third of 107 infants fed an evaporated cows' milk preparation showed reduced plasma Ca levels by 6-9 days, levels in some cases falling by 2.3 mg/100 ml. Plasma Mg levels showed no change in the breast-fed group, but there were significant falls in the artificially-fed group.

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