NOUN
- administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes
How To Use total parenteral nutrition In A Sentence
- Total parenteral nutrition is a preparation of nutrients given via intravenous infusion to patients, of any age, who cannot feed normally through the alimentary tract.
- Objectives To determine the influence of total parenteral nutrition(TPN) and partial parenteral nutrition(PPN) on gut hormones in preterm infant.
- Fasting and one hour after the meal plasma concentrations of ghrelin and orexin were measured in breast-fed (group I; n = 17), milk formula-fed (group II; n = 16) and highly hydrolyzed, hypoallergic formula-fed (group III; n = 14) groups, age matched infants (mean 4 months) as well as in children with iv provision of nutrients (glucose - group IV; n = 15; total parenteral nutrition - group V; n = 14). BioMed Central - Latest articles
- She also had a seizure disorder and multiple infections of an indwelling catheter through which she was receiving total parenteral nutrition.
- Nutrition — The fellow will spend a one month rotation on the Nutrition service and will participate in various nutrition clinics (cystic fibrosis, renal disease, weight management (obesity), home total parenteral nutrition, etc.). Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship
- Total parenteral nutrition was administered preoperatively, and complications were monitored.
