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A Practical Guideline for Calculating Parenteral Nutrition Cycles
Author(s) -
Longhurst Chris,
Naumovski Louie,
GarciaCareaga Manuel,
Kerner John
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426503018006517
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , volume (thermodynamics) , volumetric flow rate , flow (mathematics) , surgery , mathematics , mechanics , thermodynamics , physics , geometry
Both physiologic and psychological reasons for cycling total parenteral nutrition (TPN) have been well established. Despite widespread acceptance of this practice, the only previously published method for calculating TPN cycle rates is inherently flawed.