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Nutritional Support in Patients with Systemic Scleroderma
Author(s) -
Grabowski G.,
Grant J.P.
Publication year - 1989
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 - 10.1177/0148607189013002147
Subject(s) - scleroderma (fungus) , medicine , intensive care medicine , systemic scleroderma , parenteral nutrition , immunology , dermatomyositis , inoculation
Systemic scleroderma often involves the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to significant malnutrition. Specialized home nutritional support was provided to five patients (one enteral and four parenteral) with restoration of adequate nutritional status, improved quality of life, and few metabolic or technical complications over a period of 12 to 86 months. Three patients eventually died of their disease, one was converted to an oral diet, and one patient remains dependent on total parenteral nutrition. This experience would recommend consideration of home nutritional support in patients with systemic scleroderma when the disease is relatively stable and no major organ failure is present. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 13 :147–151, 1989)