1. Parenteral nutrition is not a fluid!
- Author
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M Chitrit, K Turnock, I Cheng, and A L Paltrinieri
- Subjects
Parenteral Nutrition ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Critical Care ,Clinical nutrition ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Intensive care ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ,Intensive care medicine ,Guideline adherence ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Childhood nutrition ,Infant newborn ,Parenteral nutrition ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Guideline Adherence ,business ,Infant, Premature ,Paediatric population - Abstract
Knowledge of the basic principles of parenteral nutrition is essential for any clinician working in paediatric and neonatal intensive care units. This article aims to give a brief review of the up-to-date recommendations for the paediatric population together with practical tips and considerations about current challenges and issues we believe are still open for debate, particularly with regard to neonates.
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- 2016