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Parenteral Nutrition in Infants and Children

José Manuel Moreno VillaresCecilia Martínez-costaConsuelo Pedrón-giner

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medicine.medical_specialtyParenteral nutritionUnderlying diseaseHuman organismbusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentmedicineNutritional statusArtificial nutritionIntensive care medicinebusinessVenous networkCentral venous catheter

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Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the technique of artificial nutrition (AN) that provides the human organism with fluids, energy, and nutrients, which go directly to the circulatory system through the venous network. The main aim of AN is to recover or maintain the nutritional status, enhancing the optimal growing and development of the child. Additionally, in some cases AN enables to control the underlying disease of the patient [1, 2].

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2012-11-06
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-254-4_18