Choice of Allograft in Patients Requiring Intestinal Transplantation: A Critical Review

Table 1

TPN-related complications warranting intestinal transplantation (Medicare and Medicare Services).

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Impending or overt liver failure related to PNALD

≥2 episodes per year of catheter-related sepsis requiring hospitalization

≥1 episode of life-threatening infection (fungemia, septic shock, ARDS)

Impending loss of vascular access for TPN administration (thrombosis of ≥2 central veins)

Repeated episodes of significant dehydration despite IV fluids administration in supplement to TPN

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Note. PNALD: parenteral nutrition associated liver disease; ARDS: adult respiratory distress syndrome; TPN: total parenteral nutrition.