Replacement of long‐chain triglyceride with medium‐chain triglyceride/long‐chain triglyceride lipid emulsion in patients receiving long‐term parenteral nutrition: effects on essential fatty acid status and plasma vitamin K1 levels

Abstract

An amount of 2.85 +/- 1.55 g x kg(-1) week(-1) of MCT/LCT lipid emulsion neither induced essential fatty acid deficiency nor improved the fatty acid disturbances usually observed in LTPN patients but did induce a drop in plasma vitamin K1 levels.