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Parenteral nutrition (PN), or intravenous feeding, is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, [1] bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion. The products are made by pharmaceutical compounding entities or standard pharmaceutical companies.
A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC or PICC line), also called a percutaneous indwelling central catheter or longline, [1] is a form of intravenous access that can be used for a prolonged period of time (e.g., for long chemotherapy regimens, extended antibiotic therapy, or total parenteral nutrition) or for administration of ...
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is a US-based professional organization. Its members include dieticians, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and scientists who are involved in providing clinical nutrition to patients. [5] ASPEN was founded on June 5, 1975. [6] It was officially incorporated on November 30, 1976. [7]
Midline access is a type of peripheral venous access inserted into peripheral veins and that extends further than standard peripheral catheters but does not yet reach the large central veins of the thorax. They are used when intermediate-term access (one month) is needed or when administering medications that are highly irritating to smaller veins.
Additionally, catheters with multiple lumens can facilitate the delivery of several parenteral medications simultaneously. Prolonged intravenous therapies – parenteral medications that must be delivered for extended periods of time (more than a few days) such as long-term parenteral nutrition , or intravenous antibiotics are administered ...
administration of intravenous fluids, medication or parenteral nutrition with a peripheral venous catheter or central venous catheter; angioplasty, angiography, balloon septostomy, balloon sinuplasty, cardiac electrophysiology testing, catheter ablation. Often the Seldinger technique is used. direct measurement of blood pressure in an artery or ...
The term parenteral is from para-1 'beside' + Greek enteron 'intestine' + -al. This name is due to the fact that it encompasses a route of administration that is not intestinal. However, in common English the term has mostly been used to describe the four most well-known routes of injection. A peripheral IV placed on the hand.
European Parenteral and Enteral National Societies support ESPEN in the form of block members, e.g. the British, [4] German, [5] French, [6] and Austrian societies. [7] Under the umbrella of ESPEN, many ongoing projects are supported by its members, such as NutritionDay, [8] Home Artificial Nutrition, and Fight Against Malnutrition. [9]