Header Logo

Parenteral Nutrition, Total

"Parenteral Nutrition, Total" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
The delivery 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. The basic components of TPN solutions are protein hydrolysates or free amino acid mixtures, monosaccharides, and electrolytes. Components are selected for their ability to reverse catabolism, promote anabolism, and build structural proteins.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Parenteral Nutrition, Total" by people in this website by year, and whether "Parenteral Nutrition, Total" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2005 and 2007 and 2008 and 2009
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.