Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of metabolic bone disease of premature
ZHENG Quan
SHAO Jie
Abstract：Metabolic bone disease of premature(MBDP)is still one of the most challenging neonatal diseases.Premature infants are at high-risk of calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders,as well as bone mineral content decreases,which is seriously endangering the bone health of very low birth weight premature infants or extremely low birth weight premature infants.The diagnosis of MBDP mainly depends on laboratory examination,X-ray imaging and ultrasonography.Prevention is the main treatment,and supplementation of calcium,phosphorus,and is given in addition to dealing with complications of premature infants.Early detection and treatment are advocated in order to reduce the occurrence of MBDP and improve the short-tern and long-tern proghosis.
Keywords：pretermmetabolic bone diseasecalcium-phosphorus metabolismmineral supplementation
Publication Date：2024-08-06
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 626-630,635 )