| Title | Metabolic Responses to Early and High Protein Supplementation in a Randomized Trial Evaluating the Prevention of Hyperkalemia in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. | | Author(s) | Blanco CL, Falck A, Green BK, Cornell JE, Gong AK | | Institution | Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. | | Source | J Pediatr 2008 Jun 25. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine whether early and higher intravenous amino acid (EHAA) supplementation decreases hyperkalemia in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants (<1000 g).
STUDY DESIGN: Infants were enrolled at birth in a randomized, double-masked, prospective fashion and treated for 7 days. The standard group (SAA) infants received intravenous amino acid (AA) starting at 0.5 g . kg(-1) . d(-1) and increased by 0.5 g . kg(-1) every day to a maximum of 3 g . kg(-1) . d(-1). EHAA group infants received 2 g . kg(-1) . d(-1) of AA soon after birth and advanced by 1 g . kg(-1) every day to 4 g . kg(-1) . d(-1). Data analysis was by SPSS 11.5, with statistical significance at alpha = 0.05 and 90% power to determine a difference in mean K(+) level of 2.
RESULTS: Sixty-two patients, mean gestational age of 26.0 +/- 2.0 weeks and birth weight of 775 +/- 136 g, were enrolled. Hyperkalemia (K(+) >/=6.5 mEq/L) occurred in 13% of the studied population; no difference in incidence of hyperkalemia was found between the SAA and EHAA groups (16% vs 10%, respectively, P = .70). Serum blood urea nitrogen was higher in the EHAA group. AA infusion was stopped early in 6 patients for high blood urea nitrogen or elevated ammonia level.
CONCLUSIONS: During the study period, hyperkalemia decreased significantly and was not affected by EHAA supplementation in the first week of life. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 18589451 |
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