Practical management of home parenteral nutrition in infancy

The child born today with chronic intestinal failure (IF) can expect to survive throughout childhood and into adult life even if dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN) support. The three major aetiologies of chronic IF are short bowel syndrome (SBS), intestinal dysmotility and mucosal disease. SBS is the commonest of these conditions in infancy, most frequently subsequent to resection for necrotising enterocolits (NEC). The focus of IF...