Should pediatric parenteral nutrition be individualized?
Autor: | Renata Germano Borges de Oliveira Nascimento Freitas, Roberto José Negrão Nogueira, Margareth Lopes Galvão Saron, Alexandre Esteves Souza Lima, Gabriel Hessel |
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Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Zdroj: | Revista Paulista de Pediatria, Vol 32, Iss 4, Pp 326-332 (2014) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1984-0462 0103-0582 |
DOI: | 10.1590/S0103-05822014000400008 |
Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Parenteral nutrition (PN) formulations are commonly individualized, since their standardization appears inadequate for the pediatric population. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional state and the reasons for PN individualization in pediatric patients using PN, hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in Campinas, São Paulo.METHODS: This longitudinal study comprised patients using PN followed by up to 67 days. Nutritional status was classified according to the criteria established by the World Health Organization (WHO) (2006) and WHO (2007). The levels of the following elements in blood were analyzed: sodium, potassium, ionized calcium, chloride, magnesium, inorganic phosphorus, and triglycerides (TGL). Among the criteria for individualization, the following were considered undeniable: significant reduction in blood levels of potassium ( |
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