Fatty acids as part of lipid emulsions for parenteral nutrition in neonatology

• Konstantin D. Gorelik
• Yulia V. Gorelik
• Aleksandr V. Dmitriev
• Kirill V. Bykov

Abstract

Fatty acids are one of the most important part of neonatal nutrition. If we cannot use enteral feeding to donate them, parenteral nutrition is the option. One of the most important part of parenteral nutrition is lipid emulsions. It is important to know how they impact on energy and plastic metabolism, immune system etc. to choose type of lipid emulsions correctly. This literature review has data about the most important fatty acids what can help us to choose correct type of lipid emulsions for newborn parenteral nutrition.

Keywords:fatty acids, parenteral nutrition, newborn

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