Home parenteral nutrition.

Salivary duct calculi presenting as trismus in a child.

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A review of the instruments used to assess the quality of life of adult patients with chronic intestinal failure receiving parenteral nutrition at home.

Home parenteral nutrition is an established method of supporting patients with intestinal failure, but this treatment may be life long and imposes severe restrictions on daily life. Impact on quality of life is an important outcome when considering the management of home parenteral nutrition patients. This paper reviews studies in which the quality of life of patients receiving home parenteral ...

Review article: psychological aspects of home parenteral nutrition, abnormal illness behaviour and risk of self-harm in patients with central venous catheters.

BACKGROUND Home parenteral nutrition is established as standard management for patients with chronic severe intestinal failure. Although the treatment is welcomed by many patients, there are psychological consequences of living with a central venous catheter and there are associated restrictions to the lives of patients on home parenteral nutrition. A subgroup of home parenteral nutrition patie...

Successful completed pregnancy in a patient maintained on home parenteral nutrition.

Treatment of end stage chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction by subtotal enterectomy and home parenteral nutrition.

Three cases are described of end stage chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction successfully treated by subtotal enterectomy and home parenteral nutrition (HPN). In all three patients prior use of drugs to stimulate gastrointestinal motility, antibiotics to suppress bacterial overgrowth and surgical bypass of dilated bowel had failed to alleviate the symptoms of chronic intestinal obstruction. Sim...