Concept information
Preferred term
Parenteral Nutrition, Total
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- The delivery of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient whose sole source of nutrients is via solutions administered intravenously, subcutaneously, or by some other non-alimentary route. The basic components of TPN solutions are protein hydrolysates or free amino acid mixtures, monosaccharides, and electrolytes. Components are selected for their ability to reverse catabolism, promote anabolism, and build structural proteins.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- Hyperalimentation, Parenteral
- Nutrition, Total Parenteral
- Parenteral Hyperalimentation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- instrumentation (Qualifier)
- methods (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Alimentation parentérale exclusive
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Alimentation parentérale totale
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Hyperalimentation parentérale
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NPT (Nutrition Parentérale Totale)
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D63SJ2SV-W
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