Hypertriglyceridaemia in extremely preterm infants receiving parenteral lipid emulsions

Abstract Background Lipid emulsions (LE) are routinely administered as part of parenteral nutrition in neonates. There is a wide variation in clinical practice of plasma triglyceride monitoring during LE therapy. Our aim was to evaluate the incidence of hypertriglyceridaemia (Plasma triglyceride >...

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Main Authors: Ruth Sinclair, Tim Schindler, Kei Lui, Srinivas Bolisetty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1325-2