KMID : 1034120130050030130
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Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2013 Volume.5 No. 3 p.130 ~ p.132
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Pediatric Case of Short Bowel Syndrome: 14-month Experience of Home Parenteral Nutrition
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Min Ja-Kyung
Park Hyo-Jung Seo Jeong-Meen
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Abstract
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Many pediatric patients, particularly those with short bow-el syndrome (SBS), will eventually require long-term pa-renteral nutrition in order to provide adequate nutritional support. This requires an extended hospital stay. We re-port on the case of a four-year-old boy with SBS who was administered home parenteral nutrition (HPN) during a period of 14 months. The goal of HPN therapy is to maintain the patient¡¯s nutrition status while concurrently making all efforts to minimize complications associated with HPN. Central catheter infection did not occur during this period. Despite cyclic PN, liver function test (LFT) val-ue was sometimes increasing. After PN calorie was de-creased, LFT values were normalized. When evaluated according to the corrected age, he belonged to 5%¡25% for weight status, which was considered normal weight compared to height. For all patients requiring prolonged PN support, HPN is the only alternative to long-term hos-pitalization and may be the best option for improvement of patients¡¯ quality of life. However, significant benefit can be gained through collaboration between healthcare pro-viders within the institution. Family training and education are important. Using this case, we evaluate the clinical experiences and considerations of HPN in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Short bowel syndrome, Home parenteral nu-trition, Parenteral nutrition
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