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…e 1–5 repairs per patient). Intestinal failure was secondary to small bowel syndrome in 56%, the remainder dysmotility of varying causes. Median age…

…vement initiatives for optimising CVC management for paediatric intestinal failure patients.References Gandullia P, Lugani F, Costabello L. Long-t…

…ges ranging from 6 months to 18 years. Indications for HPN were short bowel syndrome (65%), congenital enteropathy (19%), and gastrointestinal motil…

…ing the follow-up period.The data highlights that patients with Intestinal Failure discontinuing PN continue to require close nutritional monitori…

…eral nutrition (PN) weaning rates, and reduced complications in intestinal failure (IF). However, team organization varies widely among centres wo…

…nd other surgery (11.6%).Conclusions Surgical complications and Crohn’s disease were the most common causes of intestinal failure in this cohor…

…fied. Diagnoses were motility disorders (n = 18), SBS (n = 14), enteropathies (n = 2). All laboratory results for iron, zinc, selenium, coppe…

…ilitation: a prospective childhood cohort longitudinal study of short bowel syndrome). The primary outcome measure was full IR, i.e. no parenteral n…

…d metabolism disorder, 1 (3%) with tyrosinemia, and 1 (3%) with dystonic cerebral palsy. Nine patients (25%) had normal carnitine levels despite long-t…

…larly in the management of intestinal failure (IF) secondary to short bowel syndrome, gastrointestinal fistulae and malabsorptive syndromes. Althoug…

…ospitals and has significant consequences for patient outcomes. Type 1 IF patients require short-term parenteral nutrition (PN) support; …

…versee parenteral nutrition (PN) provision for all type 1 and 2 intestinal failure patients, with an aim to reduce PN wastage and increase PN stan…