PEDIATRICS Vol. 4 No. 2 August 1949, pp. 177-182
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PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES OF THE PREMATURE INFANT

With Special Reference to His Ability to Digest Unsplit Protein Food

STEPHEN MADEY M.D.1 and JOSEPH DANCIS M.D.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

The duodenal contents of 16 premature infants were examined and found to contain normal concentrations of trypsin. The gain in weight of infants whose diet was supplemented with casein hydrolysate was found to be no better than that of infants supplemented with whole casein. It is concluded that it is unnecessary to supplement the diet of the premature with split protein.

Submitted on December 11, 1948