文摘
The immunosuppressive effects of intravenous lipid emulsions are a matter of great concern and debate. In a rat model of gram-negative bacteremia, we assessed whether the use of three intravenous lipid emulsions with different triacylglycerol compositions could influence mortality, bacterial clearance, and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels and compared these groups with groups of orally fed rats and rats that received a small amount of calories in form of glucose without enteral feeding (starvation).