Limited Long Term Survival in Patients After In-hospital Intestinal Failure Requiring Total Parenteral Nutrition

Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc437 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine what the long term survival is after in hospital use of total parenteral nutrition due to intestinal failure. Earlier studies only followed patients for a maximum of 6 months or included only very specific patients. We were interested in all patients in our hospital and followed them for up to 2 years.

Extensive description is not desired

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

437

Conditions

Nutrition Disorders

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * all consecutive patients on TPN Exclusion Criteria: * patients from the Pediatric and Haematological Departments

Locations (1)

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Small Bowel Unit, VU University Medical Center

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

All cause mortality

Time frame: Up to 1427 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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