Table 2: Clinical Characteristics
of 162 Cleveland Clinic Patients Receiving
Long-term PN
Demographics
Age
53 years ± 14 years
Male
60
Female
102
Underlying Diagnosis
Inflammatory bowel
disease
56
Mesenteric ischemia
15
Radiation enteritis
9
Other gastrointestinal disorders
32
Other medical disorders
43
Indication for parenteral nutrition
Malabsorption
79
Fistula
35
Bowel obstruction
20
Other
18
*Diagnosis was only available for 155 patients and indication for parenteral nutrition was only available for 152 patients.