Supplemental intravenous n-3 fatty acids and n-3 fatty acid status and outcome in critically ill elderly patients in the ICU receiving enteral nutrition
| Autor: | Ana Paula Cassulino, Vera Lucia Flor Silveira, José Antônio Manetta, Paul S. Noakes, Philip C. Calder, Elizabeth A. Miles, Lívia Schalch, Eduardo Della Valle Munhoz, Karina V. Barros |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Docosahexaenoic Acids Critical Illness Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Gastroenterology chemistry.chemical_compound Enteral Nutrition Fish Oils Internal medicine Fatty Acids Omega-3 Medicine Humans Prospective Studies Omega 3 fatty acid Intensive care medicine Prospective cohort study Aged chemistry.chemical_classification Aged 80 and over Nutrition and Dietetics Arachidonic Acid business.industry Fatty acid Fish oil Eicosapentaenoic acid Intensive Care Units Parenteral nutrition Nutrition Assessment Treatment Outcome chemistry Eicosapentaenoic Acid Docosahexaenoic acid Dietary Supplements Phosphatidylcholines Arachidonic acid Administration Intravenous Emulsions Female business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland). 32(4) |
| ISSN: | 1532-1983 |
| Popis: | Summary Background & aims N-3 fatty acids (FA) may have benefits in ICU patients. The aims were to identify whether FA status is altered in critical illness and to evaluate the effect of supplemental intravenous n-3 FA on plasma FA status and clinical outcome in ICU patients receiving enteral nutrition. Methods Enterally fed patients ( n = 49; 60–80 years) were recruited in the first 48 h of ICU admission. Fifteen patients received n-3 FA emulsion (0.2 g/kg) over 6 h for 3 consecutive days, and 34 patients did not (control). Samples were collected before supplementation, and 24 and 72 h after the third infusion. Nineteen healthy elderly subjects were also studied; they gave a single blood sample. FA were measured in plasma phosphatidylcholine (PC). Results Critically ill patients had altered plasma PC FA compared with healthy elderly subjects. Surviving ICU patients had higher levels of docosahexaenoic acid and total n-3 FA and a lower ratio of n-6:n-3 FA in plasma PC than non-survivors. Infusion of n-3 FA increased eicosapentaenoic, docosahexaenoic and total n-3 FA, and decreased arachidonic and total n-6 FA and n-6:n-3 FA and arachidonic:eicosapentaenoic acid ratios. Gas exchange was enhanced 72 h after the third n-3 FA infusion ( p = 0.001). Conclusions Critically ill patients may have altered plasma FA profiles. A higher total n-3 FA and docosahexaenoic acid content in plasma PC is associated with survival and improved gas exchange. |
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