Fish oil-based lipid emulsion in the treatment of parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis

• Main Authors: Simonetta Costa (Author), Rossella Iannotta (Author), Luca Maggio (Author), Giovanni Barone (Author), Francesca Serrao (Author), Giovanni Vento (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis (PNAC) is a serious complication in preterm infants receiving prolonged parenteral nutrition. Soybean lipid emulsion (SLE) seems to have a role in its pathogenesis, whereas fish oil-based emulsion (FOLE) seems to be able to reverse chol...