PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - H. Zebiche AU - P. Chessex AU - M. Pineault AU - D. Lepage AU - L. Dallaire TI - [Comparison of the metabolic response of the premature child fed parenterally, and then with mother's milk of prematurity] DP - 1985 Feb 15 TA - Canadian Medical Association Journal PG - 376--379 VI - 132 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/132/4/376.short 4100 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/132/4/376.full SO - CMAJ1985 Feb 15; 132 AB - The nitrogen retention and plasma amino acid concentration were determined in eight preterm infants (mean birth weight 970 +/- 130 g; mean gestational age 28 +/- 1 weeks) receiving successively total parenteral nutrition and their own mother's milk. The nitrogen retention during both regimens was comparable to the fetal accretion rate. Plasma amino acid concentrations were lower during the enteral phase of the study than during parenteral nutrition. The metabolic response of small preterm infants is related to the quality of amino acids as well as to the route of intake.