nutritional disorders
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
Indications
TPN may be the only feasible option for patients who do not have a functioning GI tract or who have disorders requiring complete bowel rest, such as the following: Some stages of ulcerative colitis Bowel obstruction Certain pediatric GI disorders (eg, congenital GI anomalies, prolonged diarrhea regardless of its cause) Short bowel syndrome due to surgery 