Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics

Parenteral Nutrition

Parenteral nutrition can be defined as the uptake of daily nutrition intravenous. It can be classified in two more categories: a) Partial Parenteral Nutrition- Intake of part of the daily nutrition while b) Total parenteral nutrition is helps taking all daily nutritional requirements. Total parenteral nutrition can be taken at hospital as well as home too. Parenteral nutrition provides liquids along with daily required carbohydrates, protein, fat vitamins & minerals. People who are unable to absorb the proper energy from the food ingested by mouth go for this treatment. Patients affected with cancer in digestive tract, Cohn’s Disease, Short Bowel Syndrome, abnormal bowel function generally go for this kind of treatments. Sometimes it may arise some serious complications like certain infections, blood clotting, fatty liver as well as liver failure, Cholecystitis, Gut atrophy & other complications.