ISSN:
1432-1238
Keywords:
Nitrogen balance
;
Total parenteral nutrition
;
Injury
;
Nitrogen intake
;
Calorie intake
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Factors influencing nitrogen balance during total parenteral nutrition have been investigated in 34 critically ill injured patients studied during the first 6 days after trauma. Basal nitrogen balance was severely negative (-0.26±0.12 (SD) g·kg-1), but improved consistently during treatment. Nitrogen intake proved to be the major determinant of a positive, or less negative, nitrogen balance, only secondarily followed by total energy intake corrected to predicted basal energy expenditure, according to multiple regression analysis. The amount of non-protein calories and the non-protein calorie to nitrogen ratio appeared to have little significance on nitrogen balance, when corrected for the two former variables.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00256262
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