[A case of short-bowel syndrome treated with parenteral nutrition at home--its effectiveness on improving nutritional status and quality of life].
Although the effectiveness of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for short-bowel syndrome has already been demonstrated, there are some patients who suffer from severe malnutrition because they cannot be treated with this therapy. We here report the case of a patient with short-bowel syndrome due to massive bowel resection after superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. As she had not received adequate nutritional support, she became severely undernourished and her activities of daily life were very limited during two years after the operation. She was introduced to our department and HPN was initiated. Her nutritional status and quality of life rapidly improved. Thus, we further confirmed the effectiveness of HPN for ambulatory patients with short-bowel syndrome. It is important to take measures not to make patients with short-bowel syndrome, suffering from severe malnutrition without adequate nutritional support, HPN.
Inoue
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Y
Dept. of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.
Inoue
M
M
Kimura
T
T
Fujita
S
S
Noro
H
H
Mizushima
T
T
Matsuda
H
H
Horichi
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D016562:Parenteral Nutrition, Home Total / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*