title: Venous thrombosis during total parenteral nutrition with central venous catheters--role of nutritive solutions.
abstract: Contrast venograms were performed after removal of the catheter in 17 cases with isolated fever during a study of 187 patients treated by total parenteral nutrition with silicone central venous catheters. Thrombosis of the superior vena cava or of one of its collaterals was present in 7 cases and comparison with the 10 cases who had normal venograms showed a significant difference in the composition of the nutritive solutions infused. Patients with thrombosis received more hypertonic solutions with higher concentrations of glucose and nitrogen in their daily infusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Support, Clinique Résidence du Parc, rue Gaston Berger, 13010 Marseilles, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Di Costanzo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vadon