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The study aimed at obtaining insights into the processes underlying infant deaths to help identify preventive interventions which may bring down infant mortality rates further. Verbal autopsies were performed on 162 deaths of liveborn infants that occurred in a birth cohort in two urban slums of Delhi, India, between February 1995 and August 1996. A structured verbal autopsy form was used for ascertaining the cause of death. The narratives of caretakers on seeking of care and treatment received for illness were reviewed to identify the actions and behaviours that might have contributed to death. Seeking of care was less common (57%) for illnesses that led to death in the first week of life than at later ages. The first-week deaths commonly (61%) occurred within 24 hours of recognition of illness which might have been too a short time for effective interventions by care providers. Only six of 45 neonates who had features of sepsis, pneumonia or meningitis, major congenital malformations, birth asphyxia, or prematurity were advised by primary care providers for hospitalization. Similarly, only 25 (41%) of 61 older infants who had severe malnutrition and sepsis or meningitis, diarrhoea or pneumonia, or other illnesses were referred to hospital. Parenteral antibiotics were prescribed less often than warranted. Only two of 16 neonates with serious bacterial infections and eight of 19 postneonates with features of sepsis or meningitis received parenteral antibiotics. Inappropriate healthcare practices were common among the practitioners of modern and indigenous systems of medicine and registered medical practitioners. Forty percent of the neonates and a little over half of the older infants, advised for hospitalization, were taken to hospital. Fifteen percent of the infants taken to hospital were refused admission. Of 21 hospitalized infants discharged alive, five (23%) died within 48 hours and 13 (62%) within a week of returning home. A major effort is required to improve skills of healthcare providers of the biomedical and indigenous systems of medicine in caring for neonates and infants. Development of home-based treatment regimens for young infants and objective criteria for their hospitalization and discharge should receive a high priority.
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PMID:Pathways to infant mortality in urban slums of Delhi, India: implications for improving the quality of community- and hospital-based programmes. 1218 95

Parenteral nutrition (PN) has become a mainstay in the treatment of children with intestinal failure or conditions that preclude enteral feeding. Estimated energy and protein requirements can usually be met, unless the patient is fluid volume restricted or glucose intolerant. Although PN is generally well tolerated, in some patients it is still associated with a significant morbidity. Complications include metabolic disturbances, venous access device infection or dysfunction, venous thrombosis and cholestatic liver disease. Patients need to be carefully monitored for evidence of micronutrient deficiencies or excesses. There is a close relationship between line sepsis and thrombosis. Strict aseptic technique is the key to preventing line infections. Recurrent sepsis and thrombosis may eventually lead to loss of venous access and may jeopardize the long-term delivery of PN. Chronic cholestatic liver disease is common in premature infants with gastrointestinal problems, recurrent sepsis and lack of enteral feeding. The aetiology is multifactorial. Early enteral feeding is the most effective strategy in preventing PN-associated liver disease. New specialized nutrient solutions and lipid emulsions promise improved clinical outcomes. However, long-term clinical data are not yet available in children. In recent years, nutrition support teams have improved clinical and economic outcomes by encouraging the appropriate use and monitoring of PN therapy. In patients with intestinal failure, parent-administered home PN has become an alternative to long-term hospitalization. Apart from a positive effect on the quality of life of patient and family, home PN is cost-effective and reduces the risk of nosocomial infections and catheter-related complications.
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PMID:New approaches to parenteral nutrition in infants and children. 1235 56

We report on a female infant with disseminated tuberculosis who presented with clinical sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation starting at 14 days of age. Parenteral ofloxacin combined with streptomycin were used because the enteral route was not possible and intravenous isoniazid and rifampicin were not available. Rare complications including infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome, hypercalcemia, and adrenal insufficiency were detected and successfully managed.
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PMID:Neonatal tuberculosis associated with shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hemophagocytic syndrome, and hypercalcemia: a case report. 1255 35

To determine the factors affecting morbidity in patients with typhoid intestinal perforation (TIP), 42 patients who had been operated upon for TIP between 1990 and 2000 were reviewed. The average age was 10.4 years, the male-to-female ratio 2.5/1. The mean interval from admission to operation was 6 h. Twenty-three children had multiple perforations. Primary closure (PC) was performed in 55% of the patients, ileostomy in 26%, and resection with anastomosis (RA) in 19%. Parenteral nutrition (PN) was available for 22 patients for an average of 9 days. Postoperative complications occurred more commonly in patients with delayed admission and/or severe peritonitis. Hospitalization was shorter and the postoperative complication rate lower in patients who received PN and in those who underwent ileostomy. None of the patients developed an enterocutaneous fistula. The 2 deaths (4.8%) resulted from overwhelming sepsis. The most significant factors affecting morbidity were prolongation of perforation-operation interval and severe peritonitis. No operative procedure is likely to be the best in all cases; therapy should be individualized. Ileostomy appears to be an effective procedure, particularly in patients with severe abdominal contamination and delayed presentation. The use of PN in addition to standard medical and surgical therapy in patients with TIP may be beneficial.
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PMID:Factors effecting morbidity in typhoid intestinal perforation in children. 1259 67

Two extremely preterm infants had silastic lines inserted via the left great saphenous vein for intravenous feeding. Clinical deterioration approximately 10 days later led to lumbar puncture as part of a sepsis screen. Parenteral nutrition solution was recovered in the cerebrospinal fluid and heralded potentially life-threatening catheter malposition. The cases illustrate another percutaneous central line-associated morbidity, which is avoidable by careful verification of line position. All previously reported cases of this unusual complication are reviewed and we describe its likely mechanism. We postulate that the phenomenon is a complication peculiar to percutaneous catheterization of the left lower limb.
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PMID:Parenteral nutrition solution retrieved by lumbar puncture following left saphenous vein catheterization. 1515 4

Failure of the intestine, whether due to functional or anatomical reasons, constrains Parenteral Nutrition Therapy in children or adults who, as a result of intestinal resections, alterations in motility, diseases of the microvilli or other reasons, present insufficient intestine to cover their needs in terms of nutrients and fluids. Nonetheless, the maintenance of support with parenteral nutrition at home in subjects with irreversible intestinal failure is not without life-threatening complications: liver disease, recurrent sepsis and loss of central routes recommend the assessment of the indication of intestinal transplant in this group of patients. The incidence of morbidity and mortality after intestinal transplant is greater than in other transplants (kidney, liver), but the long-term survival is around 50-60%. In Spain, 7 transplants (6 children and 1 adult) have been performed so far: 3 of intestine alone, 3 of liver plus intestine and 1 mutivisceral transplant. In 4 cases, the indication for transplant was due to terminal liver disease, with the remainder being due to the loss of venous access, intractable diarrhoea and intra-abdominal desmoid tumour, respectively. Except for one girl who presented severe rejection of the graft, the rest achieved digestive autonomy. One boy has presented lymphocyte neoplasia (PTLD) after 2 years and another died after the transplant as a result of a routine liver biopsy (with functioning grafts). Of the 38 patients assessed for transplant, 18 were considered as candidates and of these, three youthful candidates for hepato-intestinal transplant (with short intestine syndrome) have died while on the waiting list and a fourth in the operating theatre prior to an attempted multivisceral transplant. Intestinal transplants must not be considered as the last desperate therapeutic option in patients with permanent intestinal failure. The type of graft, clinical expertise and the use of new inducers (Sirulimos) all contribute to the results of this therapy, in which survivors remain free from parenteral support and can take up once more their day-to-day activities, can improve over time.
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PMID:[Intestinal transplant in patients with parenteral nutrition at home]. 1468 78

Nutritional support has advanced and patients can now be given more effective nutritional care. On the other hand, some problems remain, such as inadequate administration of total parenteral nutrition (TPN), catheter-related sepsis, etc. The Committee of the National Survey on Nutritional Support, established under the Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, investigated the recent trends in the clinical practice of nutritional support in Japan by mailing a questionnaire containing 90 questions to a total of 6,500 physicians in 10 medical departments. The results showed that: 1) surgeons have more interest in nutritional support than physicians in other fields. 2) More than 90% of physicians in Japan still use intravenous hyperalimentation(IVH) instead of TPN and they place more focus on the central venous catheter and insertion of the central venous catheter than on hyperalimentation in the term IVH. 3) There remains a tendency for surgeons to prefer parenteral nutrition to enteral nutrition. This tendency is supported by data showing that the rate of administering TPN to gastroenterological surgical patients as a postoperative management method is high. To the question, "How did you learn about nutritional support?," only 18.3% of physicians answered that they studied it in medical school. We may conclude this to be the most important problem in nutritional support in Japan.
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PMID:[Recent trends in the clinical practice of nutritional support in Japan: results of a national survey carried out in 2001]. 1502 61

Excessive or inappropriate inflammation and immunosuppression are components of the response to surgery, trauma, injury, and infection in some individuals and these can lead, progressively, to sepsis and septic shock. The hyperinflammation is characterized by the production of inflammatory cytokines, arachidonic acid-derived eicosanoids, and other inflammatory mediators, while the immunosuppression is characterized by impairment of antigen presentation and of T helper cell type-1 responses. Long-chain n-3 FA from fish oil decrease the production of inflammatory cytokines and eicosanoids. They act both directly (by replacing arachidonic acid as an eicosanoid substrate and by inhibiting arachidonic acid metabolism) and indirectly (by altering the expression of inflammatory genes through effects on transcription factor activation). Thus, long-chain n-3 FA are potentially useful anti-inflammatory agents and may be of benefit in patients at risk of developing sepsis. As such, an emerging application of n-3 FA is in surgical or critically ill patients where they may be added to parenteral or enteral formulas. Parenteral or enteral nutrition including n-3 FA appears to preserve immune function better than standard formulas and appears to partly prevent some aspects of the inflammatory response. Studies to date are suggestive of clinical benefits from these approaches, especially in postsurgical patients.
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PMID:n-3 fatty acids, inflammation, and immunity--relevance to postsurgical and critically ill patients. 1573 10

Intestinal failure is characterised by inability of the intestine to absorb sufficient nutrients to maintain the integrity and function of the body. This can be caused by malabsorption due to too short an intestine or an abnormality of the mucosa, or by a severe motility disorder. In addition to dietary measures, the prescription of total parental nutrition (TPN) at home is sometimes necessary. This treatment is a burden on the patient and the risk of complications must be reduced to a minimum. The risks of long-term parenteral nutrition can be limited and the quality of the provision of services can be increased if the co-ordination is in the hands of a centre for home parenteral nutrition. In the Netherlands there are two centres for home-TPN: the St Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen and the University Medical Centre (AMC) in Amsterdam. In both children and adults, the most common indications are the short bowel syndrome and motility disorders. However, the syndromes that cause this are clearly different in the different age groups. Parenteral nutrition can be given for long periods of time. A large variety of complications can occur, related especially to the equipment or the nutrients. When the nutrition is given via a central venous catheter, then sepsis is a serious and possibly life-threatening complication. In case of administration via an arteriovenous shunt, thrombosis of the shunt is the most frequent problem. If the treatment by means of home-TPN fails, then transplantation of the small intestine should be considered.
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PMID:[Treatment of intestinal failure by total parenteral nutrition at home in children and adults]. 1575 16

Parenteral nutrition may be needed to give nutritional support to patients with severe acute (temporary or reversible) or chronic intestinal failure. Parenteral nutrition needs to be given only by health workers trained in its use otherwise life-threatening complications (especially sepsis) may occur.
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PMID:Parenteral nutrition: multidisciplinary management. 1579 73


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