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Acute abdomen due to late retroperitoneal extravasation from a femoral venous catheter in a newborn
CONTEXT: The use of parenteral nutrition via a central venous catheter is a common practice in the neonatal intensive care setting. Extravasation of the infusate leading to an acute abdomen is a complication that has only rarely been documented.
Jaques Sztajnbok, Eduardo Juan Troster
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Abstract Background Nutrition status evaluation is essential for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill (NUTRIC) and modified NUTRIC (mNUTRIC) scores are nutrition risk assessment tools specifically for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Jing Xu+8 more
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Background Short bowel syndrome (SBS) in adults is defined as having less than 180 to 200 cm of remaining small bowel. Many literature sources do not provide precise epidemiological data, and challenges in estimating the prevalence of SBS include its ...
Saulius Švagždys+2 more
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Intravenous Lipid Emulsions in Parenteral Nutrition.
Fat is an important macronutrient in the human diet. For patients with intestinal failure who are unable to absorb nutrients via the enteral route, intravenous lipid emulsions play a critical role in providing an energy-dense source of calories and ...
G. Fell, P. Nandivada, K. Gura, M. Puder
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Abstract Background The number of people diagnosed with chronic intestinal failure (CIF) worldwide is low. The condition is clinically complex to manage and resource intense. Guidance on best‐practice staffing levels is lacking. This paper proposes a methodology for determining dietetic staffing levels for adult CIF to estimate dietetic staffing levels
Sharon Carey+2 more
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An aggressive parenteral nutrition protocol improves growth in preterm infants
The objective of this study was to compare postnatal growth and clinical outcomes of preterm infants after an adjustment in amino acid and lipid administration practice.
Birgin Törer+4 more
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OBJETIVO: Descrever as lesões pulmonares em uma série de necropsias de pacientes com idade de até 15 anos, falecidos em unidade de terapia intensiva, submetidos ou não à nutrição parenteral total.
Valmin Ramos-Silva+5 more
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Does enternal nutrition affect clinical outcome? A systematic review of the randomized trials [PDF]
Background: Both parenteral nutrition (PN) and enteral nutrition (EN) are widely advocated as adjunctive care in patients with various diseases. A systematic review of 82 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of PN published in 2001 found little, if any ...
Avenell, Alison+4 more
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Abstract Background Considering the challenges of providing nutrition care in resource‐limited settings (RLSs), the International Working Group for Patients' Right to Nutrition Care (WG) organized an expert meeting to propose recommendations and strategies to promote access to nutrition care and address disease‐related malnutrition (DRM).
Diana Cardenas+7 more
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ESPEN guideline on home parenteral nutrition.
L. Pironi+11 more
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