Parenteral nutrition (PN) is required with pediatric procedures such as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, risks associated with temporary PN infusion interruption remain unclear” Yanagisawa et al (2016).
Abstract:
Background: Parenteral nutrition (PN) is required with pediatric procedures such as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, risks associated with temporary PN infusion interruption remain unclear.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed in 22 children undergoing HSCT receiving PN with the same daily routine: temporary PN infusion interruption before breakfast for administering a saline-diluted acyclovir drip. After correcting patients’ glucose levels, we examined minimum blood glucose levels between preparative regimen initiation and post-HSCT day 30. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to a minimum glucose cutoff of 60 mg/dL. Patient background characteristics and hypoglycemia risk factors were compared between both groups.
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Results: The hypoglycemia group had a significantly lower body surface area, higher glucose infusion rate (GIR), lower cholinesterase levels, and higher zinc levels at the onset of the minimum blood glucose level (P < .05). Multivariate analyses revealed an association only between higher GIR (≥5 mg/kg/min) and hypoglycemia during the temporary PN infusion interruption. A time course analysis of blood glucose and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) levels in 1 patient revealed a combined high-caloric and saline flush before acyclovir initiation, causing temporary increased IRI, as the etiology for hypoglycemia.
Conclusions: Particular attention and several precautions are required to prevent complications associated with temporary PN infusion interruption in children with higher GIR.
Reference:
Yanagisawa, R., Takeuchi, K., Komori, K., Fujihara, I., Hidaka, Y., Morita, D., Futatsugi, A., Ono, T., Hidaka, E., Sakashita, K. and Shiohara, M. (2016) Hypoglycemia During the Temporary Interruption of Parenteral Nutrition Infusion in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. JPEN. August 23rd. [epub ahead of print].
doi: 10.1177/0148607116665797
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