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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Community Health Services > Home Care Services > Parenteral Nutrition, Home
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Nursing Services > Home Care Services > Parenteral Nutrition, Home
Therapeutics > Feeding Methods > Parenteral Nutrition > Parenteral Nutrition, Home
Therapeutics > Nutrition Therapy > Nutritional Support > Parenteral Nutrition > Parenteral Nutrition, Home

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Parenteral Nutrition, Home  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Home Parenteral Nutrition
  • Nutrition, Home Parenteral

Scope note

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

History note

  • 92; was HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION 1991

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016331

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