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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 48, 1482-1489, Copyright © 1988 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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CH Berkelhammer, RJ Wood and MD Sitrin
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL.
Hypercalciuria and negative calcium balance are complications of total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Because metabolism of the TPN formula generates an acid load that can induce hypercalciuria, we evaluated the effect of supplementing the formula with acetate. In a randomized crossover study six patients on continuous and six on cyclic TPN received no added acetate or 160 mmol acetate/d replacing 160 mmol chloride/d for 3 d each. Blood and urine measurements were obtained on day 3 of each formula. Acetate, which is metabolized to bicarbonate, increased blood pH and decreased renal acid excretion. Urinary Ca decreased in every patient from 422 +/- 63 to 240 +/- 46 mg/d (10.5 +/- 1.6 to 6.0 +/- 1.4 mmol/d) and from 468 +/- 68 to 285 +/- 54 mg/d (11.7 +/- 1.7 to 7.1 +/- 1.3 mmol/d) during continuous and cyclic TPN, respectively. Filtered Ca load decreased slightly whereas renal tubular Ca reabsorption increased significantly with acetate. Serum parathyroid hormone, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and urinary cyclic AMP were not different.
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