title: Treatment of parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis with cholecystokinin-octapeptide.
abstract: The authors investigated whether parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis (PNAC) in surgical neonates could be alleviated by the administration of cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK). Two groups of infants were studied, after major abdominal or cardiac surgery in the newborn period. The low-dose group consisted of three infants with PNAC who received cholecystokinin-octapeptide (Sincalide) at a dose of 0.02 micrograms/kg intravenously (IV), twice daily. The high-dose group comprised eight infants with PNAC who received an initial dose of 0.02 micrograms/kg IV or intramuscularly, three times daily on the first day, followed by a daily doubling of the dose up to as high as 0.32 micrograms/kg. In the low-dose group, direct bilirubin levels declined a mean of 50.2 +/- 14.5%. In the high-dose group, direct bilirubin levels declined a mean of 23.4 +/- 14.3%. In three patients in the high-dose group, no decline occurred. All three had clinical signs of overt liver failure and died of liver failure within 2 months after treatment with CCK. By excluding these patients from the high-dose group, the decline in bilirubin levels increased to 49.6 +/- 10.9%. Side effects from CCK occurred in two patients and consisted of abdominal pain and feeding intolerance. Treatment with CCK appears to be associated with a decline in direct bilirubin levels, provided overt liver failure has not developed.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D004435:Eating; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012844:Sincalide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D012844:Sincalide; D001663:Bilirubin