Background: Hyperglycemia occurs frequently in very premature infants receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Commonly, the glucose infusion rates in TPN exceed the patient's glucose needs. In ...

Provision of dextrose at rates of >4 mg/kg/min may be associated with hyperglycemia even in nondiabetic patients because insulin resis-tance is universal in stressed, hospitalized patients in whom ...

The hepatic prognosis of long-term home total parenteral nutrition (TPN)-dependent children is poorly documented. The objective was to study outcome data in home TPN-dependent children and to describe ...

An intravenous amino acid, hypertonic glucose, electrolyte and vitamin solution was used in 14 infants under two months of age in whom oral intake was completely withheld for as long as 60 days.

Parenteral nutrition, also called intravenous (IV) feeding, delivers nutrients through your veins when you can’t get them through food. It can include sugar, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, ...

The association of hyperglycemia and markers of hepatic dysfunction with dextrose infusion rates in Korean patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) was studied. A retrospective study of 122 ...