Parenteral Nutrition

Higher-quality diets, including those lower in inflammatory effects, were linked to greater fecundability in prospective preconception cohort studies from North America and Denmark.

Protara Therapeutics announced results of a study designed to further understand the incidence of intestinal failure-associated liver disease in patients dependent on parenteral nutrition.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving long-term home parenteral nutrition via tunneled catheters had lower rates of DVT than those who used peripherally inserted catheters, according to research presented at the ACG Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting.

ORLANDO — Pregnancy has the potential to present some difficult medical scenarios for women with inflammatory bowel disease. Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease that to manage these patients, there needs to be an emphasis on collaboration, the disease needs to be controlled beforehand if possible and physicians need to talk to the mother to find out her preferences at the beginning of the process. Finally, they need to know when to be aggressive to get the disease under control.

Preterm and very low-birth-weight infants fed in faster and slower increments had comparable neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 24 months, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Gattex, a recombinant human glucagon-like peptide-2, helped pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome-associated intestinal failure reduce their need for parenteral support, according to results of a phase 3 trial.

A review of studies on the use of intradialytic parenteral nutrition shows the therapy has a role in the treatment of protein-energy wasting in malnourished patients on dialysis but has limited value in improving outcomes beyond dietary counseling or oral supplementation for patients with minimal nutritional challenges.