Total Parenteral Nutrition in Critically ill surgical patients.
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Over a four year period 45 surgical patients received total parenteral nutrition (TPN) either as a sole therapy or as an adjunct to surgery. Males were three times the number of females with a mean age of 31 and 27 years respectively. The main indications were intestinal failure, burns or preoperative build up in wasted patients. The central line was the preferred route with a mean duration of 22 days. Septic complications were the most common causing death of two patients.
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Sadiq M. Total Parenteral Nutrition in Critically ill surgical patients. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Aug. 29 [cited 2024 Dec. 27];10(1). Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/526
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