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A Not Uncommon Complication of Total Parenteral Nutrition

Herbert R. Freund, MD

Arch Surg. 1981;116(9):1220-1221.

Abstract
• Thrombosis of large veins during total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is considered uncommon. Recently, clinical and phlebographic evidence of large-vein thrombosis were encountered in five patients among 200 consecutive patients receiving TPN. The symptoms, signs, and phlebographic findings occurred within one to two days, sometimes as early as a few hours after cannulation. It is suggested that thrombosis of large veins during TPN is not uncommon and is the result of chemical phlebothrombosis due to a hypersensitivity reaction of the venous wall to the polyvinyl catheter material. Early removal of the offending catheter is advocated.

(Arch Surg 1981;116:1220-1221)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery and Unit for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 27, 1981.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery B, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel (Dr Freund).

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