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Parenteral Nutrition(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Parenteral Nutrition
Used for/see from:
  • Intravenous Feeding
  • Nutrition, Parenteral
  • Parenteral Feeding
  • n: Feeding, Intravenous
  • n: Feeding, Parenteral
  • n: Feedings, Intravenous
  • n: Feedings, Parenteral
  • n: Intravenous Feedings
  • n: Parenteral Feedings

for nourishment: differentiate from FLUID THERAPY (to replace fluids) or ENTERAL NUTRITION or INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL (a method of administering drugs & chemicals); coordinate IM with disease / ther (IM), not / diet ther

The administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient who cannot maintain adequate nutrition by enteral feeding alone. Nutrients are administered by a route other than the alimentary canal (e.g., intravenously, subcutaneously).

92; was PARENTERAL FEEDING 1966-91

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