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Metabolic complications associated with parenteral nutrition. 2002

Beth Lyman

Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108-4698, USA. blyman@cmh.edu

Parenteral nutrition is an accepted medical therapy for individuals with gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. It also uses one of the most complex intravenous solutions, which contains all the nutrients needed for a patient's nutritional requirements. Metabolic complications may result from intolerance of glucose, overfeeding, electrolyte shifts, and fluid imbalances. This article describes how to anticipate, identify, and treat such complications so they do not become life threatening.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008659	Metabolic Diseases	Generic term for diseases caused by an abnormal metabolic process. It can be congenital due to inherited enzyme abnormality (METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS) or acquired due to disease of an endocrine organ or failure of a metabolically important organ such as the liver. (Stedman, 26th ed)	Thesaurismosis,Diseases, Metabolic,Disease, Metabolic,Metabolic Disease,Thesaurismoses
D010288	Parenteral Nutrition	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).	Intravenous Feeding,Nutrition, Parenteral,Parenteral Feeding,Feeding, Intravenous,Feeding, Parenteral,Feedings, Intravenous,Feedings, Parenteral,Intravenous Feedings,Parenteral Feedings
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man