The presence of inorganic calcium in pediatric parenteral admixtures | Zendy

Dorota Wątróbska-Świetlikowska | Zendy; Agnieszka SzlagatysSidorkiewicz | Zendy

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The presence of inorganic calcium in pediatric parenteral admixtures

Author(s) -

Dorota Wątróbska-Świetlikowska,

Agnieszka SzlagatysSidorkiewicz

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

nutrición hospitalaria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1699-5198

pISSN - 0212-1611

DOI - 10.20960/nh.1340

Subject(s) - calcium , parenteral nutrition , solubility , calcium salts , salt (chemistry) , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry , surgery

Newborn infants and small children require large amounts of calcium and phosphate in a low volume of solution which can increase the risk of precipitation of calcium phosphate. Calcium gluconate is the predominant calcium salt form employed in parenteral nutrition (PN) compounding due to its solubility profile with phosphate. Unfortunately, calcium gluconate contains higher levels of aluminum contamination than calcium chloride, resulting in an increased potential for aluminum toxicity in patients receiving traditional PN. The physicochemical stability of 30 total parenteral admixtures containing inorganic calcium salts was evaluated.

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