Mortality in patients on home parenteral nutrition.
Fifty out of 228 patients recorded on the U.K. Home Parenteral Nutrition Register have died. The earliest to die was at 10 days following the commencement of home parenteral nutrition (HPN), and the longest to die was after 5 1/2 years. Half of the patients who died, did so within 6 months of commencing HPN. Sixty % died of their underlying disease. Most patients with scleroderma or an underlying malignancy are dead within a year of commencing HPN. In contrast, patients with Crohn's disease or the short bowel syndrome due to volvulus do well. In only 14 patients was death attributable to the administration of HPN. In this group the main causes were septicemia, SVC thrombosis, and hepatic failure. Our study suggests that HPN should be used in patients with malignancy and scleroderma only in exceptional circumstances and that further work is necessary for the prevention of SVC thrombosis.
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