title: The influence of calorie source on water and sodium balances during intravenous refeeding of malnourished rabbits.
abstract: 34 New Zealand rabbits were starved until a mean weight loss of 15% to 20% was achieved and then were parenterally re-fed with four different total parenteral nutrition (TPN) formulae for 6 days. Regimens were isocaloric (85 kcal/kg/day) and isonitrogenous (0.52 gN/kg/day) with the following formulae: group S-GLU-70 (water 100 ml/kg/day, Na 7 mEq/day and 70 30 % of calories as glucose/lipids, n = 9), group S-GLU-50 (water 100 ml/kg/day, Na 7 mEq/day and 50 50 % of calories as glucose/lipids, n = 9), group L-GLU-30 (water 70 ml/kg/day, no sodium and 30 70 % of calories as glucose/lipids, n = 8) and group L-GLU-50 (water 70 ml/kg/day, no sodium and 50 50 % of calories as glucose/lipids, n = 8). The group S-GLU-70 showed the highest water and sodium balances (p = 0.001 respectively, ANOVA test). Group S-GLU-70 showed also a greater weight gain (p = 0.0001) and, although not statistically significant, the lowest albumin at the end of the TPN. Glucose load appears to be responsible for the rapid weight gain and positive water and sodium balances during TPN in depleted non-stressed animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Surgical Research Unit, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, P. Marítim, 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franch
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guirao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia-Domingo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sitges-Serra