Outcomes of Children with Chronic Intestinal Failure: Experience over 2 Decades at a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital

SYC Jo; Z McCallum; H Shalley; M Peterkin; E Rogers; G Paxton; T Wong; JE Bines

Journal article

Outcomes of Children with Chronic Intestinal Failure: Experience over 2 Decades at a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital

SYC Jo, Z McCallum, H Shalley, M Peterkin, E Rogers, G Paxton, T Wong, JE Bines

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002384

Abstract

Background and Aims:The aim of the study was to aid decisions on prognosis and transplantation; this study describes the outcome of children with intestinal failure managed by the multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.Methods:Retrospective review of children requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) for >3 months who were assessed for home PN between 1991 and 2011.Results:A total of 51 children were included. Forty-two (82%) had short bowel syndrome (SBS), 5 (10%) had chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome, and 4 (8%) had congenital enteropathies. Median small bowel length for patients with SBS was 45 cm (interquartile range 30-80) ..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Zoe McCallum Author

Georgia Paxton Author

Julie Bines Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the patients and their families who have been managed in the Clinical Nutrition Program over the past 2 decades. The MCRI is supported by the Victorian Governments' Operational Infrastructure Program.