The effect of varying protein quality and energy intake on the nitrogen metabolism of parenterally fed very low birthweight (<1600 g) infants

Pediatric Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1981, Pages 1040-1044

  Duffy, B ^a,b,c   Gunn, T ^a,b,d   Collinge, J ^a,b   Pencharz, P ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

AGE; DIAGNOSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NITROGEN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0019493782     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198107000-00013     Document Type: Article

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35. Dr. B. Duffy was supported by a fellowship from the McGill University-Monfteal Children’s Hospital Research Institute
36. The authors would like to thank Dr. E. Outerbridge, Director of Neonatology at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, for his support and encouragement; the nurses of the Neonatal Care Unit for their invaluable assistance in the conduct of the balance and turnover studies; and Dr. G. Harvey Anderson, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Toronto, for assistance in carrying out the urinary 3-methyl histidine and plasma amino acid analyses