Early amino acid administration in very preterm infants: Too little, too late or too much, too soon?

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-165

  Morgan, Colin ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Parenteral nutrition; Postnatal growth failure; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMINE; TYROSINE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIETARY INTAKE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH REGULATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892436556     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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