[HTML][HTML] Aluminum neurotoxicity in preterm infants receiving intravenous-feeding solutions
NJ Bishop, R Morley, JP Day… - New England Journal of …, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Aluminum, a contaminant of commercial intravenous-feeding solutions, is
potentially neurotoxic. We investigated the effect of perinatal exposure to intravenous
aluminum on the neurologic development of infants born prematurely. Methods We
randomly assigned 227 premature infants with gestational ages of less than 34 weeks and
birth weights of less than 1850 g who required intravenous feeding before they could begin
enteral feeding to receive either standard or specially constituted, aluminum-depleted …
potentially neurotoxic. We investigated the effect of perinatal exposure to intravenous
aluminum on the neurologic development of infants born prematurely. Methods We
randomly assigned 227 premature infants with gestational ages of less than 34 weeks and
birth weights of less than 1850 g who required intravenous feeding before they could begin
enteral feeding to receive either standard or specially constituted, aluminum-depleted …
