Intravenous Carnitine Administration in Addition to Parenteral Nutrition With Lipid Emulsion May Decrease the Inflammatory Reaction in Postoperative Surgical Patients

Yu Koyama, Kazuki Moro, Masato Nakano, Kohei Miura, Masayuki Nagahashi, Shin-ichi Kosugi, Junko Tsuchida, Mayuko Ikarashi, Masato Nakajima, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Takaaki Hanyu, Yoshifumi Shimada, Jun Sakata, Hitoshi Kameyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Toshifumi Wakai

Abstract


Background: A prospective randomized study was performed to investigate the validity of intravenous carnitine administration during postoperative parenteral nutrition (PN) with lipid emulsion.

Methods: Patients undergoing surgery for gastric or colorectal cancer were enrolled in the study and were randomly divided into two groups (n = 8 in each group): 1) group L, who received a peripheral PN (PPN) solution of 7.5% glucose, 30% amino acid, and 20% lipid emulsion; and 2) group LC, who received the same PPN solution, as well as carnitine intravenously. PPN was performed from postoperative day (POD) 1 to POD4. Clinical and laboratory parameters were compared between the two groups; statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.

Results: Serum carnitine concentrations were significantly higher in group LC on POD3 (P < 0.01) and POD7 (P = 0.01). Postoperative changes in laboratory parameters and morbidity were comparable between the two groups. However, the decrease in C-reactive protein from POD3 to POD7 was significantly greater in group LC than in group L (P = 0.011).

Conclusion: The results show that intravenous carnitine administration in addition to PN is safe and may be beneficial for recovery from postoperative inflammatory reactions.




J Clin Med Res. 2017;9(10):831-837
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3113w


Keywords


Carnitine; Parenteral nutrition; C-reactive protein; Lipid emulsion; Inflammatory reaction; n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid

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