Total parenteral nutrition TPN
Definition. Provision of all nutritions through other than the alimentary tract. Indications. Those who do not eat: anorexia nervosa, Those who can not eat: esophageal stenosis, prolong ileus, Those who are not allowed to eat: gastrointestinal fistula, inflammatory bowel disease, radiation enteritis, GI chemotoxicity, pancreatitis.
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