Elie Abi Nader, Cécile Lambe, Cécile Talbotec, Bénédicte Pigneur, Florence Lacaille, Hélène Garnier-Lengliné, Laetitia-Marie Petit, Catherine Poisson, Amélia Rocha, Odile Corriol, Yves Aigrain, Christophe Chardot, Frank M Ruemmele, Virginie Colomb-Jung, Olivier Goulet
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. DESIGN: We conducted a retrospective study that included all children who were referred to our institution and discharged while receiving HPN between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2013. The indications for HPN were divided into primary digestive diseases (PDDs) and primary nondigestive diseases (PNDDs)...
May 2016: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition