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Therapeutics > Feeding Methods > Parenteral Nutrition

Preferred term

Parenteral Nutrition  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient who cannot maintain adequate nutrition by enteral feeding alone. Nutrients are administered by a route other than the alimentary canal (e.g., intravenously, subcutaneously).

Entry terms

  • Nutrition, Parenteral

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VNTRGGTF-6

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