Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in children in Sweden
Carlsson, G.; Håkansson, A.; Rubensson, A.; Finkel, Y.
Pediatric Nursing 23(3): 272-274
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0097-9805 PMID: 9220802 Document Number: 472368
This study represents a national survey of all children identified on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in Sweden via all hospital pharmacy distributors. Indications for HPN from this sample were chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction (n = 5) and short bowel syndrome (n = 7). Linear growth was normal in 9 children and all school-age children attend classes at age-relevant levels. Families appear to have adapted well. There was one divorce among these families, and over the course of the HPN child's illness, younger siblings were born.