title: Benefits of home parenteral nutrition before lung transplantation: report of a case.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman, who was severely malnourished and awaiting lung transplantation for chronic respiratory failure, was given nutritional support by home parenteral nutrition (HPN). The patient's emaciated state was further compromised by the fact that she had undergone a distal gastrectomy 4 years earlier. We decided that HPN was indicated because her oral intake was so poor and drinking enteral formula reduced her appetite. After 1 year of HPN, her body weight increased and her nutritional, anthropometric, and biochemical values were well maintained by the time of transplantation. Moreover, her progress after lung transplantation was remarkably good, indicating the effectiveness of nutritional support by HPN during the protracted waiting period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuta
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Meinoshin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: Yoshimitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015430:Weight Gain