1 Senior Resident, Department of Plastic Surgery, 2 Professor & Registrar, Department of Plastic Surgery & Telemedicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry 605006, India.
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Total parenteral nutrition is a medication used to manage and treat malnourishment. It is in the nutrition class of drugs. Parenteral nutrition (TPN) is when the intravenous administered nutrition can serve as the main source of nutrition and also as a supplementary nutrition if the patient is not having adequate nutrition. This article highlights the composition, initiation, indications, contraindications, complications of total parenteral nutrition as a valuable agent in managing malnourishment.
Keywords : Total Parenteral Nutrition, Initiation, Composition, Indication, Monitoring,
Complication.
Corresponding Author : Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Professor & Registrar, Department of Plastic Surgery & Telemedicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry 605006, India.
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