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OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of individualized parenteral nutrition versus pre-mixed parenteral nutrition on liver function of patients with acute kidney injury （AKI）. METHODS Totally 97 AKI patients in the intensive care unit of our hospital from January 2021 to March 2022 were collected and randomly divided into pre-mixed multi-chamber bag （MCB） group （48 cases） and compounded parenteral nutrition （COM） group （49 cases）. The patients in both groups were given routine treatment to correct the reversible cause in time， and parenteral nutrition support treatment was started within 48 hours after the fluid resuscitation was successful or the hemodynamics of low-dose vasoactive drugs were stable. MCB group was given one bag of Fat emulsion amino acid （17） glucose （11%） injection， intravenous infusion， once a day； COM group was given Medium/long chain Fat emulsion injection （C8-24Ve） 0.5-0.8 g/kg+Compound amino acid 18AA-Ⅶ 1.0-1.2 g/kg+Glucose injection 1.5-2.5 g/kg+one Water soluble vitamin injection+Fat-soluble vitamin injection （Ⅱ） 10 mL+Multiple trace element injection （Ⅱ） 10 mL+ individualized supplement of sodium chloride and potassium chloride， with a ratio of glucose to lipid of 5∶5 and a ratio of heat to nitrogen of 100∶1. The treatment course of both groups lasted for 7 days. The percentage of abnormal liver function， the levels of liver function indexes [alanine aminotransferase （ALT）， total bilirubin （TBIL）， aspartate transaminase （AST）]， albumin （ALB）， interleukin-6 （IL-6） and C-reactive protein （CRP） were observed in 2 groups before and after treatment. RESULTS After treatment， the ratio of liver dysfunction， the levels of ALT， AST and CRP in MCB group were significantly higher than before treatment； the ratio of liver dysfunction， the levels of ALT and CRP in MCB group were significantly higher than COM group （P＜0.05）. There were no statistical significance in the ratio of liver dysfunction， the levels of ALT， AST， TBIL and CRP in COM group before and after treatment （P＞0.05）. CONCLUSIONS Individualized parenteral nutrition support treatment can reduce the occurrence of liver injury and improve the nutritional status of AKI patients.
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Introduction Conventionally, various parenteral nutrition (PN) components are individually administered considering an individual neonate's requirements. More recently, standardized PN (SPN) formulations have been initiated for preterm neonates, which may benefit from the enhanced nutrient supply, less administration and prescription errors, reduced risk of infectious disease, and cost-effectiveness. Methodology A multicentered, pre-post intervention-based study was conducted at tertiary neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Karachi, Pakistan. Post-graduate residents of neonatology and pediatrics working in NICUs were included in the study, and their perspective was attained regarding PN formulation and a prescription for time consumption, ease, calculation errors, and general feedback. Independent T-test was applied to assess the statistical difference between the pre-and post-implementation of PN formulation for total time required for PN calculation, whereas for the rest of the quantitative variables Mann-Whitney U test was computed. Results The total time required to do the entire writing process, calculating and ordering PN, was 17.1±6.9 whereas significantly (p-value of <0.0001) reduced to 10.5±5.7 after implementing SPN prescriptions. Calculation errors were reduced from 32% to 12%, and writing errors were also decreased from 35% to 8% when the standardized parenteral nutritional formulation was applied. Conclusion Our findings show that implementing standardized prescriptions in the NICU has improved medication safety, with the most consistent benefit by reducing medication errors and time management. The SPN prescriptions save time for post-graduate residents, physicians, and pharmacists by eliminating previously required repetitive activities and calculations.
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Individualized parenteral nutrition is frequently used in neonatal period because of specific nutritional needs of preterm neonates which are not always covered by industrially produced parenteral nutrition. This review summarizes the risks of physicochemical instability associated with parenteral nutrition preparation in order to make recommendations to secure this mode of preparation.
