Abstract
[Purpose] Many patients who undergo percutaneous endscopic gastrostomy (PEG) have been given enteral nutrition diets over a long term. We evaluated the fatty acid composition of the patients in long term by using the enteral nutrition diets that the n-6/n-3 polyunsaturate fatty acid (PUFA) ratio is low as 3:1.
[Subjects and method] Using enteral nutrient solution Racol® that strengthens n-3 PUFA for 18 cases during total enteral nutrition only through PEG catheter, compared the change of fatty acid composition in 132±54 days on the average.
[Result] An α-linolenic acid and the docosapentanenoic acid in the n-3 PUFA increased significantly, and the linoleic acid and the n-6/n-3 PUFA decreased significantly compare to the start of the study.
[Conclusion] There are very few reports about n-6 PUFA and n-3 PUFA evaluation on long-term administration. We found that the chronic administration of the same enteral diet influences the body composition. Serum fatty acid shows a similar composition to the enteral diets when enteral nutrition diets contain proper amount of fattty acid.
