75 GROWTH HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT AFTER TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION - A LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP

We have studied 26 children who received hyperalimentation during the immediate neonatal period. The follow-up ranges from four years to seven and a half years with a mean of five years. The indication for hyperalimentation was low birth weight in 80% of the patients, gut resection in 12% of the patients and intractable diarrhea in 7% of the patients.