Ursodeoxycholic acid therapy for intractable total parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis in surgical very low birth weight infants

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-151

  Al Hathlol, K ^a   Al Madani, A ^b   Al Saif, S ^a   Abulalmoun, B ^a   Al Tawil, K ^a   El Demerdash, A ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Gastroenterology Division

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Intractable chotostasis; Total parenteral nutrition; Ursodeoxycholic acid; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ELECTROLYTE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LIPOFUNDIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHAMINE; URDOX; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE ATRESIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 31944435265     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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