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Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Annual Review of Medicine, 1991Stress and starvation, especially when complicated by sepsis, will give rise to a rapid erosion of the cellular mass, which significantly affects morbidity and mortality. The best clinical evaluation of the nutritional state is obtained from the medical history and the physical examination.
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Total Parenteral Nutrition [PDF]
, 1981 The need for adequate nutrition is now considered a fundamental tenet in the management of most diseases. In the last decade, total parenteral nutrition has evolved as an important means for accomplishing this goal.
James J. Cerda, Ralph T. Guild
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Copper in Parenteral Nutrition
Gastroenterology, 2009Copper is an essential nutrient for humans. Copper is a component of numerous enzymes that affect a wide variety of metabolic processes. Copper deficiency can result in anemia, neutropenia, skeletal abnormalities, and other clinical manifestations. There is no well-established laboratory measurement of body copper status.
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 1977
Total parenteral nutrition has evolved as a distinct therapeutic reality within the past decade. Starvation or malnutrition need no longer be accepted as a necessary component of prolonged illness. Though current TPN techniques can be both safe and effective, the prevention of potential complications must always have a high priority.
Mitchell V. Kaminski +2 more
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Total parenteral nutrition has evolved as a distinct therapeutic reality within the past decade. Starvation or malnutrition need no longer be accepted as a necessary component of prolonged illness. Though current TPN techniques can be both safe and effective, the prevention of potential complications must always have a high priority.
Mitchell V. Kaminski +2 more
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Is parenteral nutrition guilty?
Intensive Care Medicine, 2003“Death by parenteral nutrition” was the title of the controversial editorial published in the June issue of Intensive Care Medicine by P.E. Marik and M. Pinsky [1]. One might believe that a real event was being described by the authors. Imagine our astonishment, which quickly turned to dismay, when we read the words: “…a poison or toxin is a substance ...
Varga, Peter +9 more
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Parenteral Nutrition With Lipids
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977Total parenteral nutrition with a peripherally administered fat emulsion as the major calorie source appears to be efficacious and safe. Such a regimen complements rather than replaces the glucose system an an important adjunct in patient therapy. The lipid system obviates the necessity for central venous administration, the major disadvantage of the ...
Gregory Fong +3 more
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Carnitine in Parenteral Nutrition
Gastroenterology, 2009Several new functions or metabolic uses of carnitine and improvements in assessment of carnitine status impact carnitine dosing recommendations. Carnitine dosing will likely be customized for patients at different stages of the life cycle and for patients with dysfunction of different organs. Nutrition supplementation of carnitine should be 2-5 mg x kg(
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History of Parenteral Nutrition
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2009The concept of feeding patients entirely parenterally by injecting nutrient substances or fluids intravenously was advocated and attempted long before the successful practical development of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) four decades ago. Realization of this 400 year old seemingly fanciful dream initially required centuries of fundamental ...
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