While the history of nutrition support dates to the ancient world, modern home parenteral
and enteral nutrition (HPEN) has been available since the 1960s. Home enteral nutrition is …

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) occurs when a patient loses bowel length or function
significantly enough to cause malabsorption, oftentimes requiring lifelong parenteral …

Intestinal failure (IF) is a rare disease that requires ongoing intravenous supplementation to
sustain growth and health. Advancements in parenteral nutrition (PN) and central venous …

CVC selection for patients requiring PN depends on several factors. Carefully reviewing an
individual patient's clinical characteristics and discussing options is important. Given the …

Background Central venous catheter (CVC) complications are frequently reported in patients
receiving home parenteral support (HPS). Compromised CVC integrity or breakage is one …

Objectives: Children requiring a central venous catheter (CVC) for long-term parenteral
nutrition (PN) are at risk of CVC breakage. Modern intestinal failure (IF) management aims to …

A 25-year-old female with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), who had a
Hickman catheter implanted for continuous intravenous epoprostenol infusion, was admitted …

Objectives Patients with intestinal failure (IF) require long‐term parenteral nutrition through
central venous catheters (CVCs). When damaged, catheter replacement or repair is …

Highlights Nurse-led research is investigating infection in repaired central venous catheters.
Eight out of 9 retrospective studies found no increased risk of infection with a repair. Broken …

Background: Silicone central venous catheters (CVCs) that weaken or rupture are reparable
using a commercial repair kit. A literature review exploring bloodstream infections in …