Incidence and Outcomes of Home Parenteral Nutrition in Patients With Crohn Disease in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Zeinab BakhshiSiddhant YadavBradley R SalonenSara L BonnesJithinraj Edakkanambeth VarayilWilliam Scott HarmsenRyan T HurtWilliam J TremaineEdward V LoftusPublished in: Crohn's & colitis 360 (2020)
Less than 4% of patients with CD need HPN. Most have moderate to severe disease with short bowel syndrome or malnutrition. Possible reasons for the patients' weight loss could be noncompliance, and increased metabolic needs because of active disease.