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Study data from M.M. Berger and colleagues update understanding of aneurysm

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, November 9th, 2008

"Fish oil (FO) may attenuate the inflammatory response after major surgery such as abdominal aortic aneurysm ( AAA) surgery. We aimed at evaluating the clinical impact and safety aspects of a FO containing parenteral nutrition (PN) after AAA surgery," investigators in Lausanne, Switzerland report.

"Intervention consisted in 4 days of either standard ( STD: Lipofundin medium-chain triglyceride (MCT): long-chain triglyceride (LCT)50%-MCT50%) or FO containing PN (FO: Lipoplus: LCT40%-MCT50%-FO10%). Energy target were set at 1.3 times the preoperative resting energy expenditure by indirect calorimetry. Blood sampling on days 0, 2, 3 and 4. Glucose turnover by the...

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