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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 40, 8-13, Copyright © 1984 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Vitamin A losses to plastic intravenous infusion devices and an improved method of delivery

GR Gutcher, AA Lax and PM Farrell

This study was designed to reevaluate the kinetics of vitamin A losses in the plastic intravenous infusion system used clinically in premature infants and to attempt to establish an improved method of delivery that would avoid significant and unpredictable losses. The losses of retinol, retinyl acetate, and retinyl palmitate were assessed in the presence of various concentrations of the emulsifier Tween 20. For a period of more than 24 h and at a concentration of 0.0085% Tween 20, retinol and retinyl acetate were delivered at 17.4 and 33.9% of the originally intended dose, respectively, while retinyl palmitate was at 100%. At 1% Tween 20, retinyl acetate was completely delivered but even at 2% Tween 20 only 51% of the retinol was delivered. The data suggest that predictable infusions of vitamin A may be attained by using retinyl palmitate rather than retinol in multivitamin preparations.




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