Original Paper Neonatology 2014;106:10–16 DOI: 10.1159/000357554
Received: September 4, 2013 Accepted after revision: November 24, 2013 Published online: March 6, 2014
Early Enteral Fat Supplementation Improves Protein Absorption in Premature Infants with an Enterostomy Qing Yang a Kathleen Ayers b Yuegang Chen a T. Michael O’Shea a a
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, and b Clinical Nutrition Department, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, N.C., USA
Abstract Background: Early enteral fat supplementation and fish oil (FO) stimulates post-resection intestinal adaptation in rats and increases fat absorption in premature infants with bowel resection and an enterostomy. Objective: To test the hypothesis that early fat supplement and FO increases postresection protein absorption, intestinal RNA, protein without decreasing intestinal arachidonic acid (AA) in premature infants with an enterostomy. Methods: 36 premature infants (
Received: September 4, 2013 Accepted after revision: November 24, 2013 Published online: March 6, 2014
Early Enteral Fat Supplementation Improves Protein Absorption in Premature Infants with an Enterostomy Qing Yang a Kathleen Ayers b Yuegang Chen a T. Michael O’Shea a a
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, and b Clinical Nutrition Department, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, N.C., USA
Abstract Background: Early enteral fat supplementation and fish oil (FO) stimulates post-resection intestinal adaptation in rats and increases fat absorption in premature infants with bowel resection and an enterostomy. Objective: To test the hypothesis that early fat supplement and FO increases postresection protein absorption, intestinal RNA, protein without decreasing intestinal arachidonic acid (AA) in premature infants with an enterostomy. Methods: 36 premature infants (
