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Mulla, Shaveta, Stirling, Susan, Cowey, Sarah, Close, Rosie, Pullan, Sara, Howe, Rosalind, Radbone, Lynne and Clarke, Paul 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-7632
(2017)
Severe hypercalcaemia and hypophosphataemia with an optimised preterm parenteral nutrition formulation in two epochs of differing phosphate supplementation.
Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal Edition, 102 (5).
F451-F455.
ISSN 1359-2998
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Abstract
Objective: To compare in two epochs of differing phosphate provision serum calcium, phosphate, potassium, and sodium concentrations and the frequency of abnormality of these electrolytes and of sepsis in preterm infants who received an optimised higher amino acid-content formulation. Design and setting: Retrospective cohort study at a single tertiary-level neonatal unit. Patients: Preterm infants given parenteral nutrition (PN) in the first postnatal week during two discrete 6-month epochs in 2013–2014. Interventions: In epoch 1 the Ca2+:PO4 molar ratio of the PN formulation was ~1.3–1.5:1 (1.7 mmol Ca2+ and 1.1 mmol PO4 per 100 mL aqueous phase) and in epoch 2 was 1.0:1 via extra phosphate supplementation (1.7 mmol Ca2+ and 1.7 mmol PO4 per 100 mL). Main outcome measures: Peak calcium and nadir phosphate and potassium concentrations, and proportions with severe hypercalcaemia (Ca2+ >3.0 mmol/L), hypophosphataemia (PO4<1.5 mmol/L), and hypokalaemia (K+ <3.5 mmol/L) within the first postnatal week. Results: In epoch 2, peak calcium concentrations were lower than in epoch 1 (geometric means: 2.83 mmol/L vs 3.09 mmol/L, p value<0.0001), fewer babies were severely hypercalcaemic (10/49, 20%, vs 31/51, 61%, p value<0.0001); nadir plasma phosphate concentrations were higher (means: 1.54 mmol/L vs 1.32 mmol/L, p value=0.006), and there were fewer cases of hypophosphataemia (17/49, 35% vs 31/51, 61%, p value=0.009) and hypokalaemia (12/49, 25% vs 23/51, 45%, p value=0.03). Conclusions: Reverting from a PN Ca2+:PO4 molar ratio of 1.3–1.5:1 to a ratio of 1.0:1 was associated with a lower incidence and severity of hypophosphataemia and hypercalcaemia. For preterm infants given higher concentrations of amino acids (≥2.5 g/kg/day) from postnatal day 1, an equimolar Ca2+:PO4 ratio may be preferable during the first postnatal week.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2017 06:00 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 02:36 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63537 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311107 |
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