Parenteral Nutrition Prolongs Hospital Stay in Children with Nonoperative Blunt Pancreatic Injury: A Propensity Score Weighted Analysis

Blunt pancreatic injury is frequently managed nonoperatively in children. Nutritional support practices – either enteral or parenteral – are heterogeneous and lack evidence-based guidelines. We hypothesized that use of parenteral nutrition (PN) in children with nonoperatively managed blunt pancreatic injury would 1) be associated with longer hospital stay and more frequent complications, and 2) di ffer in frequency by trauma center type.

Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - July 9, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Cory McLaughlin, Caron Park, Christianne J Lane, Wendy J Mack, David Bliss, Jeffrey S. Upperman, Aaron R. Jensen Source Type: research