Open AccessTotal Parenteral Nutrition and Home Parenteral Nutrition: An Effective Combination to Sustain Malnourished Children with Cancer
Author(s) -
Forchielli M. Luisa,
Paolucci Guido,
Lo Clifford W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01771.x
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , micronutrient , cachexia , failure to thrive , malnutrition , cancer , chemotherapy , wilms' tumor , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , pathology
A patient with Wilms' tumor and severe failure to thrive required total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for “catch‐up” growth. This case underscores how TPN might be useful in the management of a child with cancer. Cancer cachexia, chemotherapy, radiation, and infections caused by immune suppression can lead to potentially serious macro‐ and micronutrient deficiencies.