title: Home central venous hyperalimentation in fifteen patients with severe scleroderma bowel disease.
abstract: Fifteen patients with severe scleroderma bowel disease began receiving home central venous hyperalimentation (HCVH) between 1979 and 1987. The major reasons for instituting HCVH were intestinal pseudo-obstruction, malabsorption, and malnutrition. Eleven patients had an improved quality of life. Serious complications encountered over these 15,700 catheter-use days were 2 episodes of septicemia and 2 episodes of superior vena cava obstruction. Seven patients died, but none directly from their gastrointestinal disease or from the HCVH.
authors.affiliation: University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Berquist
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Furst
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Paulus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000295:instrumentation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin