Open AccessRevisiting Infectious Complications Following Total Parenteral Nutrition Use During Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Author(s) -
Halina Rubin,
Jayesh Mehta,
Jessica l Fong,
David H. Greenberg,
Solomiya GrusChak,
Steven Trifilio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2150-0886
pISSN - 2150-0878
DOI - 10.6004/jadpro.2020.11.7.2
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , transplantation , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , epidemiology , pediatrics , surgery , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is frequently used to manage caloric needs during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Previous studies in transplant patients who received TPN have reported widely discordant results with regard to infection and mortality, and risk factors for TPN-related infection remain unclear.