The effects of infusion of a 10% lipid emulsion containing equal proportions of long‐chain and medium‐chain triglyceride were studied in elective surgical patients and others receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Nitrogen balance was better when the TPN patients received lipid containing medium‐chain triglyceride than during a similar period when long‐chain triglyceride alone was given. Only in the malnourished patients did the medium‐chain triglyceride lipid emulsion produce a significant ketonemia. This emulsion was administered without side effects .
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