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Review
. 1979 May;3(2):156-60.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1979.tb01031.x.

The current status of home total parenteral nutrition

S Grundfest, E Steiger, L Sattler, S Washko, L Wateska
Review

The current status of home total parenteral nutrition

S Grundfest et al. Artif Organs. 1979 May.

Abstract

The history and current status of home total parenteral nutrition are reviewed. Patients without a functional intestinal tract are able to lead a relatively normal life, infusing their essential nutrients through a Silastic central venous catheter while they sleep at night. The average catheter life is nine months. Suspected sepsis and obstruction of the catheter were the leading causes for catheter removal.

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