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Zinc Deficiency With Dermatitis in a Parenteral Nutrition–Dependent Patient Due to National Shortage of Trace Minerals
Author(s) -
Sant Vivek R.,
Arnell Tracey D.,
Seres David S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607114566465
Subject(s) - economic shortage , parenteral nutrition , medicine , rash , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , intensive care medicine , dermatology , zinc , surgery , micronutrient , pathology , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , government (linguistics)
The shortages of intravenous drugs remains critical, with sterile injectables accounting for 80% of the approximately 300 shortages. The impact is being felt in patients dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN), and severe deficiencies are becoming more commonplace. We report here a man who developed severe zinc deficiency, manifesting as a painful desquamative rash, due to an inability to obtain multi–trace element additives for his PN.