title: Principles of intravenous nutrition.
abstract: In my view intravenous feeding represents a substantial advance in the management of critically ill patients. It is no longer tenable that patients should die as a result of complications of malnutrition simply because they cannot or are unable to take adequate oral nutrition. Intravenous feeding is a challenge both in concept and application. With it, however, the outcome for many patients, who formerly would have died, has considerably improved.
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D001835:Body Weight; D003422:Critical Care; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000378:metabolism; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006601:Hexoses / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D006601:Hexoses; D007328:Insulin; D009584:Nitrogen