RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Changes in the plasma aminogram of parenterally fed infants treated with dexamethasone for bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1193
OP 1195
DO 10.1136/adc.67.10_Spec_No.1193
VO 67
IS 10 Spec No
A1 P C Ng
A1 K G Brownlee
A1 E J Kelly
A1 M J Henderson
A1 M Smith
A1 P R Dear
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/10_Spec_No/1193.abstract
AB A substantial increase in the plasma concentration of most amino acids was observed in 59 preterm infants with chronic lung disease soon after the initiation of dexamethasone therapy. The size of increase appeared to be dose related. This phenomenon is likely to be the result of steroid induced protein catabolism. Interestingly, neither phenylalanine nor tyrosine concentrations were significantly increased.