RT Journal
A1 TODD WR, CHUINARD EG, WOOD MT
T1 BLood calcium and phosphorus in the newborn
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1939
FD June 1
VO 57
IS 6
SP 1278
OP 1287
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990060058006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990060058006
AB Most investigations on the calcium and phosphorus content of the blood of newborn infants have been approached through studies of rickets and tetany. The results of such investigations revealed that the figures for total serum calcium are below the accepted normal standard in tetany but remain unchanged in rickets. These same studies have helped to establish normal values of calcium and phosphorus for the infant and to develop technics for the determination of these constituents. Many papers dealing with this subject have substantiated the findings of previous authors that the newborn child has 1 to 2 mg. more calcium per hundred cubic centimeters of serum than does the adult; this is particularly noticed in the relative values for mother and child immediately after parturition.The work presented in this paper was undertaken as part of a general study dealing with the nutritional status, particularly in relation to rickets, of preschool