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PARENTERAL NUTRITION
Author(s) -
Benjamin Philip J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb70776.x
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , intensive care medicine , caloric theory , medicine
A review of current literature on total parenteral nutrition is presented. The methods, indications for use, and complications associated with it are discussed, together with a brief review of the major metabolic responses to trauma. The available solutions which are used in parenral nutrition are discussed with special reference to caloric content and metabolic utilization.