title: Long-term glucose homeostasis in patients on home parenteral nutrition.
abstract: Glycated haemoglobin (Hb A1c) was used as a marker of long-term hyperglycaemia in patients receiving high glucose loads for home parenteral nutrition (HPN). Thirty-six patients received a median weekly glucose delivery of 2000 g (800-4200) at a median infusion rate of 11.8 mg/kg/min (5.0-19.2). There was no correlation between Hb A1c (median- 3.1%, range 2.0-6.3%) and glucose infusion rate or weekly glucose load. It is concluded that significant prolonged hyperglycaemia does not appear to be a problem in patients on HPN managed by this unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nutrition Unit Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wales
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irving