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Table 3 New Starter Concentrated AA/dextrose formulation

From: Standardised neonatal parenteral nutrition formulations – Australasian neonatal parenteral nutrition consensus update 2017

 

For preterm infants on restricted PN and water intake in the first 24–48 h.

Not recommended at rate > 60 ml/kg/day

 

per 1000 mL

mL/kg/day

  

40

50

60

70

80

AA, g

50

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

Dextrose, g

100

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

Na, mmol

30

1.2

1.5

1.8

2.1

2.4

K, mmol

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ca, mmol

25

1.0

1.3

1.5

1.8

2.0

Mg, mmol

1.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

P, mmol

15

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.1

1.2

Cl, mmol

12.5

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.0

Acetate, mmol

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Zinc, μg

3270

131

164

196

229

262

Selenium, μg

20

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Iodine, μg

8.16

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

Heparin, units

500

20

25

30

35

40

Osmolarity, mosm/L

1069

     

Solution pH

5.69

Alert - above maximal starter amino acid intake

Bag volume, mL

500

Stability: up to 61 days @ 2-8 °C and 5 days at below 25 °C.