PKU Nutrition Management Guidelines
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Nutrition Recommendations
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Recommendation 6.1
Maintain blood PHE between 120 and 360 μmol/L before, during, and after pregnancy.
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Recommendation 6.2
Monitor weight gain, dietary intake, and biochemical parameters to ensure nutrient adequacy and metabolic control during pregnancy.
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Recommendation 6.3
Prescribe a diet that meets nutritional needs of pregnancy and promotes adequate weight gain.
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Recommendation 6.4
Avoid LNAA monotherapy during pregnancy.
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Recommendation 6.5
Use of sapropterin should be evaluated during pregnancy on a case-by-case basis, and may be appropriate especially in women with moderate or mild forms of PKU who are not able to maintain blood PHE in the recommended treatment range for pregnancy.
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Recommendation 6.6
Facilitate access to psychosocial support as necessary to maintain dietary therapy in pregnancy.
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Recommendation 6.7
Encourage women with PKU to maintain dietary therapy after pregnancy and to breast-feed their infants.
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Recommendation 6.8
Modify PKU therapy and collaborate with other care-givers to support nutritional and metabolic needs of women with multiple pregnancies, gestational diabetes, and other special circumstances.
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