Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a technique used to treat patients who cannot be fully fed by oral and enteral route.1 The nutritional approach in the paediatric age, compared with the adult one, is strongly conditioned by growth, on which the metabolic requirements depend. Whereas a wide variety of standard commercial formulas for PN are used for adult patients, only few paediatric formulas have only just been introduced to the market as recently reported.2, 3 Children requiring PN are fed normally with personalised composition solution prepared mostly in the hospital pharmacy on a daily basis adapted to the patient’s need. Standard commercial formulas have several advantages in terms of safety, by reducing microbiological contamination4, 5 and compounding errors............
Assessment of standardised parenteral nutrition in paediatrics
FRIGO, ANNA CHIARA;BERTAZZO, ANTONELLA;
2014
Abstract
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a technique used to treat patients who cannot be fully fed by oral and enteral route.1 The nutritional approach in the paediatric age, compared with the adult one, is strongly conditioned by growth, on which the metabolic requirements depend. Whereas a wide variety of standard commercial formulas for PN are used for adult patients, only few paediatric formulas have only just been introduced to the market as recently reported.2, 3 Children requiring PN are fed normally with personalised composition solution prepared mostly in the hospital pharmacy on a daily basis adapted to the patient’s need. Standard commercial formulas have several advantages in terms of safety, by reducing microbiological contamination4, 5 and compounding errors............Pubblicazioni consigliate
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