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parenteral
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parenteral [pər′ent·ə·rəl]
(medicine)
Outside the intestine; not via the alimentary tract.


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Forty-four patients (mean age, 43 years) with severe acute pancreatitis (two-thirds of cases due to biliary disease, 23% due to alcohol) were randomly assigned to receive, beginning after hospital admission, standard parenteral nutrition (control group) or an isonitrogenous, isocaloric parenteral nutrition formula that supplied L-glutamine in the form of L-alanyl-L-glutamine (0.
Clinical experts in Newcastle will offer bone marrow transplants to selected children who can only be fed by total parenteral nutrition - where liquid is fed intravenously directly into the bloodstream rather than the stomach.
INTRODUCTION When oral or enteral nutrition cannot meet a patient's needs, parenteral nutrition (PN) support may be indicated.
 
 
 
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