RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 [Comparison of the metabolic response of the premature child fed parenterally, and then with mother's milk of prematurity]
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 376
OP 379
VO 132
IS 4
A1 Zebiche, H.
A1 Chessex, P.
A1 Pineault, M.
A1 Lepage, D.
A1 Dallaire, L.
YR 1985
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/132/4/376.abstract
AB The nitrogen retention and plasma amino acid concentration were determined in eight preterm infants (mean birth weight 970 +/- 130 g; mean gestational age 28 +/- 1 weeks) receiving successively total parenteral nutrition and their own mother's milk. The nitrogen retention during both regimens was comparable to the fetal accretion rate. Plasma amino acid concentrations were lower during the enteral phase of the study than during parenteral nutrition. The metabolic response of small preterm infants is related to the quality of amino acids as well as to the route of intake.