HPN Research Links
Recently published HPN research papers from A.S.P.E.N. journals for your review.
Ethanol-Lock Therapy for the Prevention of Central Venous Access Device Infections in Pediatric Patients With Intestinal Failure M. Petrea Cober, Debra S. Kovacevich, and Daniel H. Teitelbaum JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, January 2011; vol. 35, 1: pp. 67-73., first published on October 19, 2010
An Exploration of Quality of Life and the Experience of Living With Home Parenteral Nutrition Marion F. Winkler, Elizabeth Hagan, Terri Wetle, Carol Smith, Julie O’Sullivan Maillet, Riva Touger-Decker, JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr July 14, 2010, vol. 34 no. 4, 395-407.
Central Venous Catheter Infections and Antibiotic Therapy During Long-Term Home Parenteral Nutrition: An 11-Year Follow-Up Study Lidia Santarpia, Lucia Alfonsi, Domenico Tiseo, Roberta Creti, Lucilla Baldassarri, Fabrizio Pasanisi, and Franco Contaldo JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, May 2010; vol. 34, 3: pp. 254-262.
A New Intravenous Fat Emulsion Containing Soybean Oil, Medium-Chain Triglycerides, Olive Oil, and Fish Oil: A Single-Center, Double-Blind Randomized Study on Efficacy and Safety in Pediatric Patients Receiving Home Parenteral Nutrition Olivier Goulet, Helena Antébi, Claude Wolf, Cécile Talbotec, Louis-Gérald Alcindor, Odile Corriol, Michèle Lamor, and Virginie Colomb-Jung JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, September 2010; vol. 34, 5: pp. 485-495.
Use of Home Parenteral Nutrition in Patients With Intra-abdominal Desmoid Tumors Abdullah Shatnawei, Cynthia Hamilton, Cristiano Quintini, Ezra Steiger, Donald F. Kirby, Nutr Clin Pract, June 25, 2010 vol. 25 no. 3: 290-295
The Clinical and Psychometric Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess the Quality of Life of Adult Patients Treated With Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition Janet P. Baxter, Peter M. Fayers, and Alastair W. McKinlay JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, March 2010; vol. 34, 2: pp. 131-142., first published on November 17, 2009
How Immunocompromised Are Short Bowel Patients Receiving Home Parenteral Nutrition? Apropos a Case of Disseminated Fusarium Oxysporum Sepsis Christoph Müller, Ulrike Schumacher, Michael Gregor, and Georg Lamprecht JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, November-December 2009; vol. 33, 6: pp. 717-720.