PARENTERAL NUTRITION

Parenteral Nutrition



Parenteral Nutrition

Introduction

The purpose of parenteral nutrition (PN) is to cover patients' nutritional needs when the digestive tract is non-functional or inaccessible. The decision to start PN and the choice of PN solution should be adapted to the patient's diagnosis and nutritional status to avoid over- or undernutrition.

Discussion and Analysis

PN administration is still associated with metabolic risks and with infectious and mechanical complications. Further, the physicochemical instability and risks of substrate precipitation induced by lipid emulsions should be considered. Part of these complications can be avoided by following pharmaceutical and clinical guidelines. It is therefore of critical importance to ...