title: Home artificial nutritional support in gastrointestinal disease.
abstract: Recent studies in the area of home artificial nutrition have shown that the prevalence of home enteral and parenteral nutrition programmes is rising rapidly all over the world. Other features of the past few years are the shift from non-malignant towards malignant indications and the increasing number of geriatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Fédération de Pédiatrie, Unité de Gastroentérologie et Nutrition, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colomb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life