PMID: 2105387Feb 1, 1990Paper

Taurine depletion in very low birth weight infants receiving prolonged total parenteral nutrition: role of renal immaturity

The Journal of Pediatrics
I ZelikovicC E Ahlfors

Abstract

In a prospective, controlled study, plasma and urinary taurine concentrations were determined weekly, between postnatal weeks 3 and 18, in (1) seven sick infants (gestational age less than 28 weeks, birth weight less than or equal to 1000 gm) who received a taurine-free total parenteral nutrition solution for 32 to 49 days (group P) and who subsequently were formula fed and (2) eight sick infants matched by gestational age and birth weight, who received formula or human milk from day 3 to 4 of life (group E). Ten healthy full-term infants ranging in age from 1 to 18 weeks and fed with formula provided normal values (group C). Significantly lower mean plasma taurine values (range 1.59 to 3.43 mumol/dl) were found between postnatal weeks 3 and 7 in group P compared with group E (range 5.54 to 6.97 mumol/dl) and with group C (5.6 +/- 0.34 mumol/dl). After initiation of feeding, plasma taurine concentrations in group P increased to normal. Markedly elevated values of mean fractional excretion of taurine, 38% to 56%, were found between weeks 3 and 5 in group P and E compared with group C (15.5 +/- 3.2%). In contrast, during the same period, low urinary taurine values (4.9% to 6.7%) were found in two larger, older infants receiving t...Continue Reading

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