International Journal of Pediatrics 2011;38(1):59-61

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2011.01.021

Progress in prevention and treatment of parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis of preterm infants

Feng ZHU

Keywords

Parenteral nutrition; Cholestasis; Preterm infants

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

In the treatment of parenteral nutrition(PN) of preterm infants, parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis(PNAC) is the most common complication. However, the mechanisms of how this complication happens are unknown. This paper summarizes the research reports about PNAC both at home and aboard in recent years and raises various precautions on premature birth avoiding, reasonable feeding, PN projects optimizing and so on.Ursodeoxycholicacid is the first-line drug in the current treatment for PNAC.