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Case Reports
. 1999 Jan;57(1):15-20.
doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01771.x.

Total parenteral nutrition and home parenteral nutrition: an effective combination to sustain malnourished children with cancer

M L Forchielli  1 , G Paolucci, C W Lo
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Case Reports

Total parenteral nutrition and home parenteral nutrition: an effective combination to sustain malnourished children with cancer

M L Forchielli et al. Nutr Rev. 1999 Jan.

Abstract

A patient with Wilms' tumor and severe failure to thrive required total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for "catch-up" growth. This case underscores how TPN might be useful in the management of a child with cancer. Cancer cachexia, chemotherapy, radiation, and infections caused by immune suppression can lead to potentially serious macro- and micronutrient deficiencies.

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