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TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Lipson A.,
Glasson M.,
Ablett W.
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.tb70967.x
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , complication , intensive care medicine , acidosis , intensive care , pediatrics , surgery
Two methods of total parenteral nutrition of paediatric patients are described and compared. The complication rate was minimized with a method based on the intensive care concept, in conjunction with improved methods of preparation and delivery. Mortality attributable to the technique was reduced from 83% to 8%. Acidosis and hyperammonaemia were not encountered.