Anthropometric Measurements as Predictors of Low Birth Weight Among Tanzanian Neonates: A Hospital-Based Study
November 7, 2025
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Requirement as maintenance
Intravenous
Note- stated in terms of zinc elements
Acute metabolic states
Administer 4.5-6 mg daily
Metabolically stable
Administer 2.5-5 mg daily
Consistent with loss of fluid from small bowel
Administer 12.2 mg TPN zinc/l
Or
Administer 17.1 mg zinc/kg
(supplemented with 1000 mL Intravenous fluids)
Requirement as maintenance
Dosing based on age
Infants aged less than three months
Administer 250 mcg/kg intravenously daily as parenteral nutrition solution supplemented with elemental zinc
Infants aged three months or more
Administer 50 mcg/kg intravenously daily as parenteral nutrition solution supplemented with elemental zinc
Children
Administer 50 mcg/kg intravenously daily as parenteral nutrition solution supplemented with elemental zinc
Administration of 5,000 mcg in a day as maximum day dose
Weight based dosing
Infants less than 10 kg
Administer 50-250 mcg/kg daily as parenteral nutrition solution supplemented with elemental zinc
Children weigh 10-40 kg
Administer 50-125 mcg/kg daily as as parenteral nutrition solution supplemented with elemental zinc
Administration of 5,000 mcg in a day as maximum day dose
Adolescents & children weight more than 40 kg
Administer 2000-5000 mcg daily as parenteral nutrition solution supplemented with elemental zinc
it may diminish the excretion rate when combined with Zinc, resulting in an enhanced serum level
it may diminish the excretion rate when combined with Zinc, resulting in an enhanced serum level
it may diminish the excretion rate when combined with Zinc, resulting in an enhanced serum level
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