Fat Emulsion Dosage

Usual Adult Dose for Dietary Supplement

Usual dosage: 1 to 2 grams/kg/day, IV

• Initial infusion rate should be 0.5 mL/min for the first 15 to 30 minutes.
• May gradually increase rate after 30 minutes if tolerated.
• Maximum rate should not exceed 0.5 mL/kg/hour.
• Duration of infusion is from 12 to 24 hours, depending on clinical situation.

Maximum dose: 2.5 grams/kg/day

Comments:

• Recommended dosage depends on age, energy expenditure, clinical status, body weight, tolerance, ability to metabolize, and consideration of additional energy given to the patient.
• Take energy supplied by dextrose and amino acids, as well as enteral nutrition into account when determining dose.
• Correct severe fluid and electrolyte disorders prior to administration.
• The daily dose should not exceed 60% of total energy requirements.
• Obtain a baseline serum triglyceride level; if triglycerides are elevated, initiate at a lower dosage and advance in smaller increments, monitoring triglyceride levels with each adjustment.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Dietary Supplement

Preterm infants and term infants under 1 year:
Initial dose: 1 to 2 grams/kg/day

• Initial infusion rate is 0.05 mL/min for the first 10 to 15 minutes
• Gradually increase to required rate after 15 minutes
• Maximum infusion rate is 0.75 mL/kg/hour

Maximum dose: 3 grams/kg/day

• See precautions

1 to 10 years old:
Initial dose: 1 to 2 grams/kg/day

• Initial infusion rate is 0.05 mL/min for the first 10 to 15 minutes
• Gradually increase to required rate after 15 minutes
• Maximum infusion rate is 0.75 mL/kg/hour

Maximum dose: 3 grams/kg/day

11 to 17 years:
Initial dose: 1 gram/kg/day

• Initial infusion rate is 0.05 mL/min for the first 10 to 15 minutes
• Gradually increase to required rate after 15 minutes
• Maximum infusion rate is 0.5 mL/kg/hour

Maximum dose: 2.5 grams/kg/day

Comments:

• Recommended dosage depends on age, energy expenditure, clinical status, body weight, tolerance, ability to metabolize, and consideration of additional energy given to the patient.
• Take energy supplied by dextrose and amino acids, as well as enteral nutrition into account when determining dose.
• Correct severe fluid and electrolyte disorders prior to administration.
• The daily dose should not exceed 60% of total energy requirements.
• Obtain a baseline serum triglyceride level; if triglycerides are elevated, initiate at a lower dosage and advance in smaller increments, monitoring triglyceride levels with each adjustment.

Renal Dose Adjustments

Data not available

• Aluminum toxicity may develop in patients with impaired kidney function.

Liver Dose Adjustments

Use with caution.

• Monitor liver function closely, as hepatobiliary disorders are known to develop in some patients.

Precautions

US BOXED WARNING(S):

• Deaths have been reported after infusion of intravenous fat emulsion in preterm infants; autopsy findings included intravascular fat accumulation in the lungs.
• Premature and small for gestational age infants have poor clearance of intravenous fat emulsion and increased free fatty acid plasma levels following fat emulsion infusion.

Recommendations:

• Treatment of premature or low birth weight infants with this product must be based on a careful risk-benefit assessment.
• Strict adherence to the recommended total daily dose is mandatory; infusion rate should be as slow as possible and should in any case exceed 1 g fat/kg in 4 hours.
• Seriously consider administering less than the maximum recommended dose in premature or small for gestational age infants to reduce the risk of intravenous fat overload.
• Carefully monitor (e.g. serum triglycerides and/or plasma free fatty acid levels) infants ability to eliminate the infused fate from the circulation.
• Lipemia must clear between daily infusions.

Consult WARNINGS section for additional precautions.

Dialysis

Data not available

Other Comments

Administration advice:

• For intravenous infusion only into a peripheral or central vein.
• When given with dextrose and amino acids, the choice of central or peripheral administration should depend on the osmolarity of the final infusate.
• If osmolarity is 900 mOsm/L or higher it must be infused through a central vein.
• Use a dedicated line for parenteral nutrition.
• May be infused concurrently into the same vein as dextrose-amino acid solutions by a Y-connector located near the infusion site; control flow rates of each solution separately using an infusion pump.
• Use a 1.2 micron in-line filter.
• Use a non-vented infusion set or close the vent on a vented set to prevent air embolism, do not connect flexible bags in a series, fully evacuate residual gas in the bag prior to administration, do not pressurize the bag to increase flow rate, and if using a pump, turn the pump off before the bag runs dry.
• Do not use administration sets that contain di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP); administration sets with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) component have DEHP as a plasticizer.
• Take into account vitamin E content of this product when determining the need for additional supplementation.

Monitoring:

• The lipids in this product may interfere with some blood tests (e.g. hemoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase, bilirubin, and oxygen saturation) if blood is sampled before lipids have cleared from the bloodstream.
• Lipids are normally cleared 5 to 6 hours after the lipid infusion is stopped.
• Monitor fluid status closely in patients with pulmonary edema or heart failure.
• Routinely monitor serum triglycerides, fluid and electrolyte status, blood glucose, liver and kidney function, blood count including platelets, and coagulation parameters throughout treatment.
• Monitoring for signs and symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD) is recommended.
• Consult reference values of serum fatty acid level tests to determine adequacy of essential fatty acid status.
• Increasing essential fatty acid intake (enterally or parenterally) is effective in treating EFAD.

Further information

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