Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in children in Sweden.
This study represents a national survey of all children identified on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in Sweden via all hospital pharmacy distributors. Indications for HPN from this sample were chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction (n = 5) and short bowel syndrome (n = 7). Linear growth was normal in 9 children and all school-age children attend classes at age-relevant levels. Families appear to have adapted well. There was one divorce among these families, and over the course of the HPN child's illness, younger siblings were born.
Carlsson
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ostra, sjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden.
Håkansson
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Rubensson
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Finkel
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008297:Male; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000178:diet therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden