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2496248

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty out of 228 patients recorded on the U.K. Home Parenteral Nutrition Register have died. The earliest to die was at 10 days following the commencement of home parenteral nutrition (HPN), and the longest to die was after 5 1/2 years. Half of the patients who died, did so within 6 months of commencing HPN. Sixty % died of their underlying disease. Most patients with scleroderma or an underlying malignancy are dead within a year of commencing HPN. In contrast, patients with Crohn's disease or the short bowel syndrome due to volvulus do well. In only 14 patients was death attributable to the administration of HPN. In this group the main causes were septicemia, SVC thrombosis, and hepatic failure. Our study suggests that HPN should be used in patients with malignancy and scleroderma only in exceptional circumstances and that further work is necessary for the prevention of SVC thrombosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0148-6071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
172-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Mortality in patients on home parenteral nutrition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Hope Hospital, University of Manchester School of Medicine, Salford, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article