Objective To investigate the effect of early postoperative enteral nutrition support on the balance of free amino acid spectrum in plasma for patients with cardiac valve replacement during perioperative period. Methods (Forty-seven) patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement were divided into two groups randomly, the routine diet group and the Nutrison Fibre group. The levels of free amino acids in plasma were measured with pre-column derivatization of high-performance liquid chromatography. Results During perioperative period most free amino acids in plasma decreased significantly in the routine diet group (P lt;0.05). Despite some free amino acids in plasma decreased significantly in the Nutrison Fibre group(P lt;0.05), all free amino acids in plasma returned to (P gt;05) or were higher than the preoperative levels in the postoperative sixth day (P lt;0.05). At the same postoperative points, most free amino acids in plasma in the Nutrison Fibre group were higher than that of the routine diet group (P lt;0.05). Conclusions The levels of free amino acids in plasma decrease significantly in patients with cardiac valve replacement after operation. Early postoperative Nutrison Fibre enteral nutrition support is helpful for keeping the balance of free amino acids in plasma for patients with cardiac valve replacement.
Citation： NIE Liangming,XIAO Xijun,LIANG Maozhi,et al .. Effect of early postoperative enteral nutrition support on the levels of free amino acids in plasma for patients with cardiac valve replacement. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2004, 11(3): 175-178. doi: Copy