Abstract
Publisher Summary The chapter explores the chemical pattern of the extracellular fluids of infants and children that differs in many respects from that of adults. The chapter reveals that many of the investigations are the high standard deviation of the different concentration values in the body fluids of children. However, as children continue to develop at different rates the biochemistry of their body fluids also varies at unequal rates and will show considerable differences within the respective age groups due to differences in development. An increasing standard deviation is found with an increasing age of young children. When adult age is reached this composition again becomes uniform and the standard deviation is reduced. The chapter reveals that in children the chemical composition of the blood changes rapidly during the first days after birth, that there are considerable changes during the following 3 months, with a subsequent slow change towards adult composition, ultimately reached at the age of 3 to 6 years.
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