Parenteral nutrition in intractable diarrhea.
Twelve infants with protracted diarrhea, unmanageable by the usual procedures, were treated with Total Central Parenteral Nutrition. Eleven of them were less than six months old. Two infants died in the course of treatment; the other ten recovered. The authors discuss the indications of this procedure, the technique used and, the possibility of performing it in centers not specialized in Nutrition.
D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000178:diet therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000379:methods*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance