Total parenteral nutrition in Crohn's disease.
A personal experience involving use of total parenteral nutrition in 115 patients with Crohn's disease is reported from a medical unit. Remission occurred without surgery in 24 patients. The regimen was considered to have failed in its objectives in 50 patients, and complications were recorded in 57.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects