PART I
History of parenteral nutrition, M Elia, University of Southampton, UK
Home artificial nutrition in Europe, A Van Gossum
Use of home parenteral nutrition in the United States, L Howard, Albany Medical Center, USA
Home parenteral nutrition: adults Canadian program, KN Jeejeebhoy, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada, J Allard, Toronto General Hospital, Canada, and L Gramlich, University of Alberta and Royal Hospital, Canada
Home parenteral nutrition in Australia and New Zealand, PA Ball, Charles Sturt University, Australia
PART II: Clinical conditions
Short bowel syndrome, B Messing and F Joly, Beaujon Hospital, France, P B Jeppesen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Gastrointestinal fistulae, J Shaffer, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
HPN in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, F Joly, A Amiot, B Messing,
Radiation enteropathy, F Bozzetti
HPN in cancer patients, F Bozzetti
HPN in mucosal damage and immune-deficiency, F Joly and B Messing
Home parenteral nutrition in the elderly, X Hébuterne, Hope Hospital, Nice, France
PART III: Complications
HPN-associated liver disease, B Messing and F Joly
Metabolic bone disease in long-term HPN in adults, L Pironi, University of Bologna, Italy
Metabolic and other rare complications of HPN, S Y Chang, A L Buchman, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
Catheter related complications, M Staun, and L Tjellesen, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Disease related complications, P B Jeppesen
PART IV: Practical issues
Adult nutritional requirements, J P Baxter, Ninwells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
Home parenteral nutrition: carbohydrates, L Tappy, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Lipid, J-M Reimund, Universitaire de Caen, France
Aminoacid, protein and the gut, P B Soeters and M C G van de Poll, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Micronutrients in home parenteral nutrition, A Shenkin, University of Liverpool, UK
Venous access care, S Wood, Royal London Hospital, UK
Teaching patients home parenteral nutrition, K Judson and J Field, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK, and A Wengler, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Provision-preparation, P Gomis, Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Administration of home parenteral nutrition, A Ballarin, Hôpital Erasme, Belgium, P Thul, Charité University Hospital, Germany, A van Gossum
Monitoring patients on home parenteral nutrition, A Wengler, P Thul, M Staun
Home parenteral nutrition practical issues: dietetics, M Baker University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK and K Farrer, Salford Primary Care Trust and Salford Royal Hospitals Trust, UK
PART V: Pediatrics
Home parenteral nutrition in children, V Colomb, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, M Lyszkowska, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, and J M Moreno Villares, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
PART VI
Quality of life of patients on home parenteral nutrition, A Micklewright, University Hospital NHS Trust , Nottingham, UK, J Baxter, and C Wheatley, PINNT, UK
Ethical and legal aspects of HPN, F Bozzetti, and S Allison, Nottingham, UK
Legislation on home parenteral nutrition, J M Moreno Villares, M Leon-Sanz, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Surgical alternatives to intestinal transplantation in patients with short bowel syndrome, Y Panis, Beaujon Hospital, France, A Alves, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, F Joly, B Messing
The use of growth factors in short bowel syndrome, P B Jeppesen
Intestinal transplantation, A Pinna, University of Bologna, Italy, L Pironi, A G Tsakis, University of Miami,USA
Home parenteral nutrition- perspectives, A Van Gossum