Early Amino Acids in Extremely Preterm Infants and Neurodisability at 2 Years
Frank H. Bloomfield, Yannan Jiang, Jane E. Harding, Caroline A Crowther, Barbara E. Cormack
New England Journal of Medicine
Abstract
In infants with extremely low birth weight, extra parenteral amino acids at a dose of 1 g per day for 5 days after birth did not increase the number who survived free from neurodisability at 2 years. (Funded by the New Zealand Health Research Council and others; ProVIDe Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12612001084875.).
Concepts
MedicinePediatricsRelative riskPlaceboBirth weightConfidence intervalToddlerRandomized controlled trial