New Techniques for Long-term Intravenous Feeding

New Techniques of Resection and Long- Term Survival for Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma is uncommon cancer with an incidence 1-2/100 000 in the USA. Predisposing diseases for developing of cholangiocarcinoma include primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), congenital biliary cystic disease and hepatolithiasis with biliary infestations by Clonorchis siniensis, also called recurrent pyogenic cholangiohepatatis ( mainly encountered in Japan and Southwest Asia). The ma...

Difficult decisions for long-term tube-feeding.

Long-term feeding of DDGS to sows

Use of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in diets for growing-finishing pigs has been the focus of much research in the last 10 years but little attention has been focused on DDGS use in diets for sows. Recently, a few research reports have indicated that DDGS could be used effectively in sow diets. However, these studies were relatively short-term, used a small number of animals, an...

Selenium deficiency, reversible cardiomyopathy and short-term intravenous feeding.

We report the case of a patient with Crohn's disease receiving short-term postoperative parenteral nutrition supplemented with trace elements who nevertheless became selenium deficient with evidence of a cardiomyopathy. This was fully reversible with oral selenium supplementation. Current parenteral feeding regimes may not contain enough selenium for malnourished patients.

Long-Term Survival After Intravenous Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase is one of the few approved treatments for acute ischemic stroke; nevertheless, little is known about its long-term effects on survival and recovery because clinical trials follow-up times are limited. METHODS Patients registered between January 2005 and December 2015, to the population-based South London Stroke Register of first-e...