COVID-19 infection in patients on long-term home parenteral nutrition for chronic intestinal failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

To investigate the incidence and the severity of COVID-19 infection in patients enrolled in the database for home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for chronic intestinal failure (CIF) of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN).

Methods

Period of observation: March 1st, 2020 March 1st, 2021.

Inclusion criteria

patients included in the database since 2015 and still receiving HPN on March 1st, 2020 as well as new patients included in the database during the period of observation. Data related to the previous 12 months and recorded on March 1st 2021: 1) occurrence of COVID-19 infection since the beginning of the pandemic (yes, no, unknown); 2) infection severity (asymptomatic; mild, no-hospitalization; moderate, hospitalization no-

SUBMITTER: Pironi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10060187 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature