Effects of two different doses of amino acid supplementation on growth and blood amino acid levels in premature neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit: A randomized, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1286-1296

  Clark, Reese H ^a   Chace, Donald H ^b   Spitzer, Alan R ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^b Pediatrix Analytical   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylcarnitines; Amino acids; Neonates; Nutrition; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY GROWTH; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 36849092870     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0545     Document Type: Article

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