OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: Forty-one (20 m, 21 f) non-oncological home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients (52.0+/-16.6 years, BMI 20.2+/-4.0 kg/m(2)), enrolled from 1995 to 2005, underwent a clinical and biochemical follow-up at 3 months, 1 and 3 years. RESULTS: At admittance the Karnofsky Index ranged between 40 and 50 in 13 (31.7%) and 60 and 80 in 28 (68.3%) patients; the most frequent underlying disease was mesenteric infarction (11 patients, 27%). All had a central venous access. Mean catheterization days were 864+/-992, while mean HPN days were 630+/-668. At the 3-month follow-up, all patients were on HPN, at 1 year 24 (58.5%) and at 3 years 11 (27%). At 3 months, 1 and 3 years there was a significant increase in BMI (p=0.001), body weight (p=0.001) and Karnofsky Index (p=0.001), as well as an improvement of several biochemical parameters. Survival rate of HPN patients was 90.2% at 1 year, 87.8% at 3 years and 82.9% at 5 years. As to HPN-related complications, there was a central venous catheter (CVC) obstruction in 8 patients (19.5%) and 47 CVC infections in 24 (58.5%) patients. The infection rate was 1.32/(00) days of catheterization (1.8/(00) from 1995 to 1998 and 1.0/(00) from 1999 to 2005). Hospitalisation was necessary in over 50% of patients, and death occurred in 8, always as a consequence of the primary disease. CONCLUSIONS: The experience of the nutritional team and careful patient and caregiver training reduce CVC infection rate and the overall risk of complications possibly due to HPN.
OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: Forty-one (20 m, 21 f) non-oncological home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients (52.0+/-16.6 years, BMI 20.2+/-4.0 kg/m(2)), enrolled from 1995 to 2005, underwent a clinical and biochemical follow-up at 3 months, 1 and 3 years. RESULTS: At admittance the Karnofsky Index ranged between 40 and 50 in 13 (31.7%) and 60 and 80 in 28 (68.3%) patients; the most frequent underlying disease was mesenteric infarction (11 patients, 27%). All had a central venous access. Mean catheterization days were 864+/-992, while mean HPN days were 630+/-668. At the 3-month follow-up, all patients were on HPN, at 1 year 24 (58.5%) and at 3 years 11 (27%). At 3 months, 1 and 3 years there was a significant increase in BMI (p=0.001), body weight (p=0.001) and Karnofsky Index (p=0.001), as well as an improvement of several biochemical parameters. Survival rate of HPN patients was 90.2% at 1 year, 87.8% at 3 years and 82.9% at 5 years. As to HPN-related complications, there was a central venous catheter (CVC) obstruction in 8 patients (19.5%) and 47 CVC infections in 24 (58.5%) patients. The infection rate was 1.32/(00) days of catheterization (1.8/(00) from 1995 to 1998 and 1.0/(00) from 1999 to 2005). Hospitalisation was necessary in over 50% of patients, and death occurred in 8, always as a consequence of the primary disease. CONCLUSIONS: The experience of the nutritional team and careful patient and caregiver training reduce CVC infection rate and the overall risk of complications possibly due to HPN.
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