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  • Title: Serum lipids during parenteral nutrition with a 10% lipid emulsion with reduced phopholipid emulsifier content in premature infants.
    Author: Gohlke BC, Fahnenstich H, Kowalewski S.
    Journal: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab; 1997; 10(5):505-9. PubMed ID: 9401907.
    Abstract:
    Fourteen premature infants (range 26 + 0 to 32 + 3), all but two appropriate for gestational age with a mean body weight of 1196 g (range 860 to 2770 g) received a 10% lipid emulsion. This lipid emulsion contained half of the formerly used phospholipid emulsifier concentration reducing the phospholipid/triglyceride ratio to the ratio used for the 20% lipid emulsion (0.06 instead of 0.12). Lipid emulsion was given over a 10 day period commencing at the third day of life with 0.5 g/kg/24 h which was increased daily up to a dose of 2.0-2.5 g/kg/24 h which was reached in all patients at the seventh day of the observation period. During this time mean serum concentrations of cholesterol increased non-significantly from 76.1 mg/dl (SD 33.7) before lipid emulsion to 86.1 mg/dl (SD 36.4) on day seven of the observation period. 13 of the 14 patients (97%) showed no pathological increase of their serum triglyceride concentration during lipid infusion. Mean serum triglyceride concentration increased from 65.3 mg/dl (SD 32.0 mg/dl) before the start of lipid emulsion to 102.6 mg/dl (SD 76.5) on day four (p < 0.05) but with no further significant increase. Lipid emulsions with 10% triglyceride but lower phospholipid content are tolerated without pathological increase in triglyceride or cholesterol serum concentration in the vast majority of premature newborns.
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