[Total parenteral nutrition in the home of 498 patients with tumor diseases].
Results of home parenteral nutrition in cancer patients were evaluated by analyzing files from 498 individuals. The predominant malignancies were cancer of the stomach (44% in men, 29% in women), the colon or the ovaries, respectively. Most patients (71%) admitted to home parenteral nutrition were severely malnourished, based on a Broca-Index of 0.8 or less. The majority (78%) of these subjects gained weight while on home parenteral nutrition. The remainder 22% continued to loose weight. Median survival was 64 (one to 720) days.
Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Endokrinoloige der Medizinischen Universitätsklinik Göttingen.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D015996:Survival Rate