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Effect of Reduced Versus Usual Lipid Emulsion Dosing on Bilirubin Neurotoxicity and Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Extremely Preterm Infants: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
2023-03-07
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><italic><bold>Background</bold></italic>: Bilirubin neurotoxicity (<bold>BN</bold>) occurs in premature infants at lower total serum bilirubin levels than term infants and causes neurodevelopmental impairment. Usual dose lipid infusions in preterm infants may increase free fatty acids sufficiently to cause bilirubin displacement from albumin, increasing passage of unbound bilirubin (<bo...
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- 48642f12-08ad-5539-b96e-690864d06852
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2566352/v1
