AB145. Comparative metabolomic analyses in term and preterm Malaysian infants

Background Metabolomics, which involves profiling and comprehensive analysis of cellular metabolites, is a promising new tool for clinical diagnostic in neonatology. Urine is considered to be the most predictive of phenotypic outcome in neonatal conditions. Management of sick neonates could be improved with the availability of information on perinatal/neonatal maturational processes and their metabolic background. This study was carried out to compare metabolites identified in the urine sample obtained from term and preterm infants from the postnatal and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of University of Malaya Medical Centre.