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Zinc and Total Parenteral Nutrition

Southern Medical Journal, 1977
Present knowledge of trace element nutritional requirements and the effects of TPN solutions unsupplemented with zinc indicate that zinc supplementation must be considered for any patient receiving prolonged TPN. Zinc sulfate appears to be the supplement of choice, and infusions of freeze-dried plasma appear to be an unsatisfactory method for supplying
D D, Michie, M D, MacFarlane, F H, Wirth
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A Total Parenteral Nutrition Protocol

Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy, 1977
The need for guidelines on the use of concentrated nutritional solutions to achieve effective total parenteral nutrition has become very evident in our hospitals. As these are teaching hospitals, our physicians write TPN orders for short-term surgical patients, long-term patients (home TPN), burn patients, neonatal patients and selected cancer ...
J P, Swenson, D, Edwards, M, Chamberlain, R, Rault, M F, Ivey   +4 more
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Total parenteral nutrition with lipid

The American Journal of Surgery, 1978
The efficacy of TPN, with lipid as the major source of calories, was assessed with body composition measurements. A multiple isotope dilution technic was employed to measure body composition before, at two week intervals during, and at the completion of a course of TPN.
C, Paradis, A H, Spanier, M, Calder, H M, Shizgal   +3 more
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Hypouricemia in total parenteral nutrition

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1980
Profound hypouricemia developed in significant number of patients receiving total parenteral nutrition. Nadir serum uric acid (values between 1 and 2.7 mg/100 ml) were noted between the 2nd and 17th day of the course. Return of serum uric acid to pretreatment values was noted within seven days after the termination of total parenteral nutrition.
A, Al-Jurf, E, Steiger
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Selenium in total parenteral nutrition

Biological Trace Element Research, 1988
In clinical practice, selenium deficiency may arise under conditions of chronic malnutrition and especially after long-term total parenteral nutrition (TPN). In infants receiving long-term TPN, we observed plasma selenium levels as low as those previously reported in Chinese children with Keshan disease.
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Total Parenteral Nutrition in Adults

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1978
Parenteral hyperalimentation is the intravenous delivery of essential nutrients to maintain a patient in positive nitrogen balance and nutritional equilibrium. It is indicated when gastrointestinal intake is impossible, potentially hazardous, or insufficient(1).
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Total Parenteral Nutrition in Malignancy

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985
Excerpt To the editor: Shike and associates (1) showed that when total parenteral nutrition is used unnecessarily it raises the cost of medical care and prolongs hospitalization without correspondi...
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The Development of Total Parenteral Nutrition

The American Surgeon™, 2017
The first patient to receive complete nourishment of a patient by intravenous infusion independent of the alimentary tract was an infant girl born with near-total small bowel atresia. Total parenteral nutrition, the intravenous infusion of nutrients, has been attempted since Harvey's description of the circulatory system in the early 17th century. The
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Total Parenteral Nutrition in Children

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1985
This article first focuses on the indications for total parenteral nutrition and the effect of its use on the outcome of various nutrient-depleting diseases in infants and children. This is followed by a discussion of some of the newer nutrient additions to total parenteral nutrition regimens, such as biotin, carnitine, zinc, copper, iron, and others.
S H, Zlotkin, V A, Stallings, P B, Pencharz   +2 more
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TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION AND CHOLESTASIS

Clinics in Liver Disease, 1999
Hepatobiliary dysfunction is recognized as a major adverse effect of total parenteral nutrition (TPN). It is unknown if this is caused by a deficiency or toxicity of the TPN solution or the underlying pathophysiology of disease processes that require TPN therapy.
I S, Sandhu, C, Jarvis, G T, Everson
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