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Parenteral Nutrition, Home

Medical Definition: The at-home administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient who cannot maintain adequate nutrition by enteral feeding alone. Nutrients are administered via a route other than the alimentary canal (e.g., intravenously, subcutaneously).
Guide Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: HPN
Also Called: Home Parenteral Feeding
Previously Indexed: Parenteral Feeding (1974-1990)
Parenteral Nutrition, Home Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Parenteral Nutrition, Home Total - The at-home administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient whose sole source of nutrients is via solutions administered intravenously, subcutaneously or by some other non-alimentary route.

Parenteral Nutrition, Home Medical Definitions and Terms

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