Publications by authors named "Patricia Ruiz Navas"
Background: institutions with multidisciplinary teams have shown improvements in patient outcomes with intestinal failure. Multidisciplinary approach allows an integral management and effective communication between families and care teams.
Objective: describe the multidisciplinary management and outcome in pediatric patients with intestinal failure.
[Use of fish oil lipid emulsions in hospitalized patients under 18 years old with abnormal results in liver tests associated with total parental nutrition].
Adriana Giraldo Villa Catherine Henao Roldan Fanny García Loboguerrero María Isabel Martínez Volkmar Mónica María Contreras Ramírez Patricia Ruiz Navas
Nutr Hosp
April 2014
Article Synopsis
- Prolonged Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) in children can cause serious complications, particularly cholestasis, due to factors like fatty acid sources and lipid doses.
- A study focused on how liver function tests changed in pediatric patients receiving OmegavenR, a lipid-based omega 3 fatty acid, for at least 8 days.
- Results indicated that 82.4% of the patients with cholestasis improved after treatment, while only 18.8% of those with abnormal liver tests progressed to cholestasis, suggesting OmegavenR may benefit children with TPN and elevated direct bilirubin.