PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 6 December 1976, pp. 917-918
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Drs. Cashore and Usher Reply

William J. Cashore M.D.1 and Robert H. Usher M.D.2

1 Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island
2 Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada

We are indeed interested to learn that Higgs et al.1 have achieved early growth rates comparable to those in our study with the use of intravenous fat emulsion in small premature infants. Further information on the metabolic complications and autopsy findings encountered in their study would provide important additional evidence concerning the effectiveness and potential hazards of using intravenous fat emulsions in sick newborns.

There was a difference between the two studies in the method of infusing the fat emulsion.