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Home Parenteral Nutrition Using Shunts
Author(s) -
Havill J.H.,
Blair R.D.
Publication year - 1984
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 - 10.1177/0148607184008003321
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , shunt (medical) , intensive care medicine , catheter , surgery , vein
Most workers have found use of shunts unworkable as a means of access for home parenteral nutrition. Our experience using arteriovenous loop vein grafts for this purpose is described including any problems encountered. One shunt could not be established. In four other patients arteriovenous loop vein grafts have been used successfully. They are in our opinion superior to indwelling catheters as a means of access in long‐term patients. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 8: 321–324, 1984)