[Supplementary intravenous alimentation in the premature infant weighing less than 1,500 grams].

The effects of a 10% glucose solution and of a fructose plus 1.4% casein hydrolysate solution have been comparatively evaluated in infants with birth weights under 1 500 g. Children fed with glucose solution only are used as matched controls. Children fed with protein hydrolysate associated with fructose have a weight loss lower than those of the control-group. However, the time necessary to regain the birth weight is similar in both groups. The biologic data which were studied (glucosemia, calcemia, acid-base balance, clotting factors) are statistically identical in both groups. Neither of the groups showed hyperglucosemia. The survival rate is similar in both groups; caloric and proteic supplementation does not change the death rate.