Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4158583 | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Total parenteral nutrition is an important adjunct in the care of neonates with surgical disorders. Cholestasis is at present the most worrisome complication of this technique; it is difficult to treat and may progress to eventual cirrhosis and liver failure. This article reviews the pertinent clinical and nutritional data in a surgical patient with short bowel syndrome who developed parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease successfully treated with fish-oil based lipids.
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Authors
George Ekema, Diego Falchetti, Giovanni Boroni, Anna Rita Tanca, Cristian Altana, Laura Righetti, Michela Ridella, Marco Gambarotti, Luisa Berchich,