Comportamiento del peso en recién nacidos tratados con nutrición parenteral

Background Parenteral nutrition is a nutritional contribution that should improve the short and long term growth and development of neonates, especially premature infants. The early use of parenteral nutrition with adequate amounts of nutrients should prevent the previously considered physiological loss of the weight of sick newborns. Objective To determine the weight behavior in neonates receiving parenteral nutrition. Materials and methods A descriptive and retroactive observational descriptive study in 44 neonates, most of them premature, treated in the intensive care unit of the San Diego General Clinic in Barranquilla, Colombia. The newborns received central or peripheral parenteral nutrition. Data obtained were sex, gestational age, weight at the beginning and end of the use of parenteral nutrition, daily weight, days of parenteral nutrition and underlying pathology. The statistical analysis included measurements of frequencies. Results Of the 44 newborns included, 43 were preterm and 1 full term, with a diagnosis of prematurity and respiratory distress in addition to sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis. The average at the end of the parenteral nutrition of increase in the basal and final weight of 10 to 15 g / day and differences in the progression of the basal and final weight in newborns. Conclusions The use of parenteral nutrition promotes weight gain in neonates when usedfor more than 3 days.