Briefly noted: JPGN 2014; 59: 689-94. In this study, the authors took a consecutive sample of 13 children (ages 4-18 years) with non cirrhotic extrahepatic portal vein portal vein obstruction (EHPVO). Three tests (fasting ammonia, quantified EEG, a psychometric battery) identified that minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) affects approximately 50% of children with EHPVO.
Also: JPGN 2014; 59: 708-13. In this study in 7-day old rabbits, those who receive TPN with fish oil-based lipid emulsion had protection against biochemical and liver histologic damage in comparison to rabbits who received TPN with soybean oil. Given the lack of head-to-head randomized studies in infants, this study provides some important evidence of fish oil benefit compared with standardized soybean lipid emulsion.
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