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Home Parenteral Nutrition

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1981
Home parenteral nutrition is a life-sustaining mode of therapy for patients with short bowel syndrome that is unresponsive to conventional therapy. It requires learning specialized skills through an intensive training program and carefully following this program in a home setting. This training can be best provided by a group of health care specialists
C D, Lees, E, Steiger, R A, Hooley, N, Montague, F, Srp, A D, Gulledge, L P, Wateska, C, Frame   +7 more
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Parenteral nutrition: Hospital to home

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1993
Parenteral nutrition support is the provision of essential nutrients intravenously, bypassing the intestinal tract. It is used in a variety of clinical settings and medical conditions. Parenteral nutrition is a complex technology that requires the input of many professionals, including dietitians.
J D, McCrae, R, O'Shea, L M, Udine
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Experience with home parenteral nutrition

The American Journal of Surgery, 1983
Twenty-nine patients underwent courses of home parenteral nutrition therapy ranging from 1.5 to 52 months (mean 14.5 months). The primary diagnoses responsible for the requirement of home parenteral nutrition were radiation enteritis in seven patients, short bowel syndrome secondary to resection in seven, Crohn's disease in two, malabsorption states in
B M, Wolfe, W H, Beer, J T, Hayashi, C H, Halsted, R A, Cannon, K L, Cox   +5 more
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Economics of Home Parenteral Nutrition

PharmacoEconomics, 1997
The past 30 years have seen long term parenteral nutrition evolve from a novel technique to an accepted intervention for gastrointestinal failure. The development of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) has parallelled a shift in resources from hospital to community care and has been driven by technological advances, the growth of commercial home care ...
A, Cade, J, Puntis
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Home Parenteral Nutrition Programs

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 1981
The technique of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is becoming a more widely used method to treat patients who cannot eat for prolonged periods; to date, more than 500 patients have been trained nationwide. Training has been limited for the most part to larger centers which have more experience in providing this complex patient education.
P J, Schneider, J M, Mirtallo
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Home parenteral nutrition and AIDS

Clinical Nutrition, 1995
The evolution of AIDS in 25 patients enrolled in a home parenteral nutrition(HPN) programme was analysed retrospectively. All patients were grade 4C or 4D (CDC criteria). All suffered from major gastrointestinal symptoms, 13 had anorexia (< 700 kcal/day) and the overall mean weight loss was 21%.
P, Boulétreau, M, Gérard, B, Messing, C, Chambrier, P, Gelas, D, Robert, S, Bryssine, S, Khalfallah   +7 more
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Home parenteral nutrition in infants

The Journal of Pediatrics, 1980
The effects of prolonged home total parenteral nutrition on growth and psychomotor development were studied in eight infants during a two-year period. Each patient was begun on HTPN in the first 60 days of life, using a Broviac silastic catheter for venous access. Normalization of somatic growth has been observed in all patients during the study period.
R A, Cannon, W J, Byrne, M E, Ament, B, Gates, M, O'Connor, E W, Fonkalsrud   +5 more
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Managing parenteral nutrition at home

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2007
Home parenteral nutrition is increasing in prevalence and doctors in other specialities may be called upon to treat such patients. This review outlines the practical management of these patients as well as potential pitfalls.
A M, Clare, J L, Shaffer
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Administration of home parenteral nutrition.

2006
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Ballarin, Asuncion, Thul, Paul, Van Gossum, André   +2 more
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Home parenteral nutrition in children

Clinical Nutrition, 2003
Over the past 30 years, long-term parenteral nutrition (PN) has became a well-established intervention for adults and children suffering from chronic intestinal failure. In North America and in Europe, the concept of paediatric home parenteral nutrition (HPN) programmes date from the late 1970s or early 1980s (1, 2).
V, Colomb, C, Ricour
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