Is quantitative ultrasound a measure for metabolic bone disease in preterm-born infants? A prospective subcohort study

Conclusion: The most important finding is that mcSOS decreased and the mcBTT reached a plateau to 24 months. In both mcSOS and mcBTT, the growth parameters were significant factors.Clinical Trial Registration: N/AWhat is known:•Metabolic bone disease is one of the possible long term adverse outcomes after preterm birth.•Metacarpal speed of sound (mcSOS) and metacarpal bone transmission time (mcBTT) decline in the early postnatal period.What is new:•During follow-up, mcSOS further decreased and reached its lowest point at 12 months, while the mcBTT reached a plateau up to 24 months.•Postnatal nutrition in relation to comorbidity does not meet the optimal mineralization rate of the developing preterm bone.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research