RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Quantitative ultrasound assessment of bone in preterm and term neonates
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F341
OP FF342
DO 10.1136/adc.2004.065276
VO 90
IS 4
A1 H McDevitt
A1 C Tomlinson
A1 M P White
A1 S F Ahmed
YR 2005
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/4/F341.abstract
AB There is a need to explore novel methods of assessing bone health in sick preterm infants. This study of the speed of sound in the long bones of newborn term and preterm infants shows that, in this population, this technique is not site specific and has a high degree of interobserver and intraobserver precision. The speed of sound in newborn infants is primarily dependent on gestation rather than birth weight.