Open Access4. Lipids
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/01.mpg.0000181844.08876.7c
Subject(s) - medicine
Lipid emulsions are used in paediatric parenteral nutrition (PN) as a non-carbohydrate source of energy in a low volume and with low osmolarity. In addition they provide essential fatty acids. The use of lipid emulsions decreases CO2 production compared with parenteral nutrition containing a high carbohydrate content (1–3). Net-nitrogen balance can be improved by the addition of lipid emulsions to PN solutions (1,4,5).