PEDIATRICS Vol. 82 No. 4 October 1988, pp. 680
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Amino Acids in Premature Infants

NIELS C. R. RÄIHÄ 1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Lund, S-214 01 Malmö, Sweden

To the Editor.—

In a recent paper in Pediatrics, Heird et al1 reported their evaluation of the use of a new amino acid mixture for parenteral nutrition in low birth weight infants. On the basis of their results the authors made the following statement: "These observations refute the concept that the metabolic capacity of LBW infants for amino acids is limited in comparison to that of term infants, older infants, and chi1dren."1(p49) Such a conclusion is not justified on the basis of the presented data.