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Principles and Strategies for Monitoring Home Parenteral Nutrition
Author(s) -
Siepler John
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426507022003340
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , calorie , intensive care medicine , gastrointestinal tract
Patients who cannot ingest adequate calories to maintain body weight via their gastrointestinal tract may require parenteral nutrition (PN) at home. As with any therapy, the patient must be evaluated to determine if the home PN (HPN) is effective and the patient is free of complications. This review discusses specific items to monitor for HPN patients. Parameters to monitor can be divided into those used to determine effectiveness and those used to prevent complications of HPN. In addition, potential HPN‐associated complications can be divided into those that occur with short‐ or long‐term PN administration. Specific items to monitor are discussed within this framework.