Two reasons preterm infants have higher insensible losses.
What is?
-Immature skin
-Increased respiratory losses
-Increased surface area to body mass ratio
Exclusively breastfed infants can lose up to this much weight during the first week of life.
What is up to 10%?
The caloric density of a standard, term formula.
What is 20 kCal/oz?
Deficiency of calcium, phosphorous, or vitamin D leads to this growth plate condition.
What is rickets?
An infant should return to their birthweight by this age.
What is two weeks?
The minimum glucose infusion rate for cerebral function.
What is 5 mg/kg/min?
This is the predominant immunoglobulin in breast milk.
What is IgA?
Compared to term formulas, preterm formulas have 50% more of this macronutrient.
What is protein?
This medication frequently used in premature infants is a risk factor for osteopenia.
What is?
-Furosemide
-Corticosteroids
The diagnosis made from this prenatal image. 
What is duodenal atresia?
This hepatic complication occurs after prolonged dependence on TPN without sufficient enteral nutrition.
What is?
-TPN cholestasis / parenteral nutrition associated liver disease / intestinal failure associated liver disease (IFALD)
These two populations of breastfed infants require iron supplementation.
Who are?
-Preterm infants < 37 weeks
-SGA or low birth weight infants
The main proteins in milk and milk-based formulas.
What are casein and whey?
This potentially fatal complication limits the concentration of calcium and phosphorous in TPN.
What is precipitation or crystallization?
About 10% - 20% of infants with cystic fibrosis are born with this bowel obstruction.
What is meconium ileus?
This anion is frequently added to parenteral solutions to buffer the renal tubular acidosis commonly seen in preterm infants.
What is acetate?![]()
This autosomal recessive disorder is a contraindication to breastfeeding.
What is galactosemia?
This is an example of an extensively hydrolyzed formula.
What is?
-Alimentum
-Nutramigen
This enzyme is associated with increased osteoblast activity.
What is alkaline phosphatase (ALP)?
The diagnosis of this 1 day old, 27 week preterm infant who had this x-ray taken for abdominal distention.
What is spontaneous intestinal perforation?
Increased activity of this enzyme present in breast milk is a major contributor to breast milk jaundice.
This surgical complication is an indication for soy-based formula.
What is chylothorax?
This form of vitamin D acts directly on intestinal enterocytes to promote absorption of calcium.
What is 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol / calcitriol.