Compassionate Use of IV Fish Oil for Parenteral Nutrition (PN) Liver Injury

Summary

To establish a process by which critically ill infants with parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease can receive a fish oil-based intravenous lipid emulsion (Omegaven®) for compassionate use when no satisfactory alternative treatments are available.

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Publications

• Sorrell M, Moreira A, Green K, Jacob R, Tragus R, Keller L, Quinn A, McCurnin D, Gong A, El Sakka A, Mittal N, Blanco C. Favorable Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Parenteral Nutrition-associated Liver Disease Treated With Intravenous Fish Oil-based Lipid Emulsion. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 May;64(5):783-788. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001397.

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