title: Home parenteral nutrition at Auckland Hospital.
abstract: This paper reports the results of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) from Auckland Hospital. In the last two and a half years, six patients have gone home from hospital on HPN. Four are still on it, after periods of from one to 30 months. There has been one death and one patient who developed catheter sepsis. Quality of life on HPN has in general been very good. Body composition studies performed on these patients have shown that a normal body composition can be maintained while on HPN.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Auckland Hospital.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011788:Quality of Life