After prolonged parenteral nutrition a 12 month old infant died with pulmonary hypertension
and granulomatous pulmonary arteritis. A review of necropsy findings in 41 infants who had …

A children's hospital nutritional care team prospectively monitored the frequency of sepsis in
central venous catheters used for administering parenteral nutrition. During an initial study …

Of 230 families belonging to a support group for parents of children born with oesophageal
atresia, 124 returned a detailed questionnaire on feeding history and growth. Being slow to …

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) encompasses a spectrum of metabolic and physiological dis-
turbances resulting from massive anatomical or functional loss of small bowel. The clinical …

The management and complications of chylothorax occurring beyond the neonatal period
were reviewed retrospectively. Records from 15 patients treated between 1976 and 1986 …

Recent guidelines focus on a non-interventionist approach to management of gastro-
oesophageal reflux in infancy and emphasise the importance of explanation, reassurance …

Methods The procedure is performed on the ward with the child left in his incubator or cot. As
the technique is little different to siting a drip as far as the patient is concerned parental …

Two years after developing colonic Crohn's disease, a 17 year old boy presented with focal
pulmonary consolidation. A lung biopsy specimen showed areas of non-caseating …

Exocrine pancreatic proteolytic activity, determined by serial measurement of faecal
chymotrypsin concentration, was investigated in 21 preterm infants (23-32 weeks' gestation) …

A questionnaire was administered to 70 families with experience of home enteral nutrition.
All but one patient received at least some of their feeding overnight. During 11,041 patient …