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Total Parenteral Nutrition in Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Dindogru Aydin,
Pasick Sharon,
Rutkowski Zachary,
Leichman Lawrence P.,
Vaitkevicius Vainutis K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607181005003243
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , cancer , intensive care medicine , gastroenterology
One hundred and twenty‐one cancer patients received 134 courses of total parenteral nutrition (TPN); almost all were treated with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. The average weight loss prior to TPN was 6.7 kg and albumin 3.1 g%/patient; 25% glucose solution with 4.25 g% amino acids was used as a calorie and nitrogen source. The average weight gain was 2.6 kg for those who received TPN <2 wk and 4.5 kg if TPN was given for >2 wk. Complications were low; 3% had proven TPN‐related septicemia. Mild to moderate reversible metabolic complications were common, although severe complications were rare; no one died because of TPN. Our experience confirms the previous reports that TPN can be given safely to malnourished compromised cancer patients.