Effect of pulsed dexamethasone therapy on tolerance of intravenously administered lipids in extremely low birth weight infants.
rct · Level II
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 9931535.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
We investigated the effect of dexamethasone on parenteral lipid tolerance in 7-day-old extremely low birth weight infants (n = 28) in a randomized, double-blind trial. Serum triglycerides were measured before and after 3 days of dexamethasone or placebo treatment. Infants treated with dexamethasone responded with higher triglyceride concentrations and greater sensitivity to incremental increases in the intravenous lipid dose.
Medical subject headings
- Dexamethasone
- Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
- Glucocorticoids
- Infant, Very Low Birth Weight