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    Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2004 Mar;20(2):114-8.

    Parenteral nutrition: new advances and observations.

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    St. Mark's Hospital and Academic Institute, Harrow, UK. alastair.forbes@ic.ac.uk

    Abstract

    PURPOSE OF REVIEW:

    There has been a considerable amount of work in the field of parenteral nutrition over the last year. Although none of this has been truly mold-breaking, there are sufficient new directions that a review is a worthwhile exercise.

    RECENT FINDINGS:

    The arguments in favor of parenteral feeding in acute pancreatitis continue to become weaker. Intravenous nutrition as an alternative to major surgery in Crohn disease should be considered. A series of new, and not so new, complications is reviewed, together with a range of means by which problems may be avoided. New approaches to the avoidance or treatment of the rare case of intravenous nutrition-associated liver disease are discussed.

    SUMMARY:

    The parenteral approach remains an important method of nutritional support: recent data help to ensure its safer and more effective implementation.

    PMID:
    15703631
    [PubMed]

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