[Home parenteral nutrition. A six-year combined program (adult and pediatric patients)].
BACKGROUND
To describe the outcomes of an adult-pediatric home parenteral nutrition (HPN) program.


METHODS
Retrospective protocol between 1993 and 1999.


RESULTS
Sixteen adults (average 45.7 years) and eight children (3.1 years) were included in the program. Mean length of parenteral nutrition was 507 (SD: 624) and 155 (SD: 129) days respectively. Total follow-up time was 8,119 days for adults and 1,242 for children. Cancer was the main diagnosis in adults and intractable diarrhea in children. Central venous catheter related infections were the most usual complication (0.63 and 1.2 episodes/patient/year). There were no deceases due to the HPN in the period of study.


CONCLUSIONS
HPN is an effective and safe technique, although prevalence and incidence in Spain are low.
Moreno
J M
JM
Unidad de Nutrición Clínica, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid. mleon@h12o.es
Gomis
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P
Valero
M A
MA
León-Sanz
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D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain