Parenteral nutrition, also called intravenous (IV) feeding, delivers nutrients through your veins when you can’t get them through food. It can include sugar, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

Parenteral nutrition is a method of feeding in which nutrition goes directly to the bloodstream. A person may need it if feeding through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract cannot fulfill their body’s ...

The hepatic prognosis of long-term home total parenteral nutrition (TPN)-dependent children is poorly documented. The objective was to study outcome data in home TPN-dependent children and to describe ...

Intestinal failure can result from surgical resection, obstruction, dysmotility, congenital deficiencies or disease-associated loss of absorption. Before the development of intravenous feeding in the ...