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Outcome of home parenteral nutrition in 251 children over a 14-y period: report of a single center.
BACKGROUND Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the main treatment for intestinal failure. OBJECTIVE We aimed to review the indications for home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in children and describe the outcome over a 14-y period from a single center.
E. Abi Nader+14 more
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History of scurvy and use of vitamin C in critical illness: A narrative review
Abstract In 1747, an important milestone in the history of clinical research was set, as the Scottish surgeon James Lind conducted the first randomized controlled trial. Lind was interested in scurvy, a severe vitamin C deficiency which caused the death of thousands of British seamen.
Ellen Dresen+5 more
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Background Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and biliary atresia (BA) are common causes of cholestasis in infancy. The diagnosis of BA is time sensitive due to an inverse correlation between age at intervention (hepatic portoenterostomy - HPE) and ...
Atu Agawu+4 more
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Predictive factors at birth of the severity of gastroschisis. [PDF]
To establish children born with gastroschisis (GS). We performed a retrospective study covering the period from January 2000 to December 2007. The following variables were analyzed for each child: Weight, sex, apgar, perforations, atresia, volvulus ...
Ballabeni, P.+4 more
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A white female, now age 40 and receiving total parenteral nutrition for more than 5 years, developed unexpected 15% weight loss after 3 1/2 years of regimen, together with peripheral neuropathy confirmed by nerve conduction measurements.
K. Jeejeebhoy+4 more
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Ketogenic diet therapy for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy
Abstract In 1921, the classic ketogenic diet was created at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to treat epilepsy in children and adults. Over a century later, it is a widely used, standard‐of‐care therapy for typically treatment‐resistant epilepsy worldwide.
Babitha Haridas+2 more
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Abstract Background Chronic analgesic use is described in home parenteral nutrition (HPN)–dependent patients, but there are limited data on factors associated with opioid use for noncancerous pain. Methods Patients attending a national UK intestinal failure reference center were divided in two groups according to strong opioid (SO) usage; risk factors ...
Liat Deutsch+7 more
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Nutritional Profile Estimation in Cooking Recipes [PDF]
The availability of an accurate nutrition profile of recipes is an important feature for food databases with several applications including nutritional assistance, recommendation systems, and dietary analytics. Often in online databases, recipes are obtained from diverse sources in an attempt to maximize the number of recipes and variety of the dataset.
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Complications of total parenteral nutrition
Continued technological improvements in the quality of nutritional formulations and techniques for parenteral administration have resulted in a major improvement in patient care. The ability to provide all necessary nutrients by intravenous infusion, so-called total parenteral nutrition (TPN), has sustained life and growth in patients who otherwise ...
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Changing Parental Nutrition Administration Sets Every 24 h versus Every 48 h in Newborn Infants [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether changing total parenteral nutrition fluid administration sets (TAS) every 48 h rather than every 24 h results in a greater infusate contamination ...
John E Van Aerde+3 more
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