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  2. Parenteral nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Total parenteral nutrition increases the risk of acute cholecystitis [27] due to complete disuse of the gastrointestinal tract, which may result in bile stasis in the gallbladder. Other potential hepatobiliary dysfunctions include steatosis , [ 28 ] steatohepatitis , cholestasis , and cholelithiasis . [ 29 ]

  3. List of PDF software - Wikipedia

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    A PDF creator and virtual PDF printer for Microsoft Windows PDF-XChange: Proprietary: Yes: PDF Tools allows creation of PDFs from many types of source input (images, scans, etc.). The PDF-XChange print driver allows printing directly to a PDF. A "lite" version of the print driver is free for non-commercial (home and academic) use. PrimoPDF ...

  4. Intradialytic parenteral nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) is a nutritional support therapy (medical nutrition therapy) for people on hemodialysis who have a difficult time maintaining adequate nutrition. It is administered directly into the bloodstream of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in an effort to decrease the associated morbidity and mortality ...

  5. Hickman line - Wikipedia

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    They have also been used in total parenteral nutrition (TPN). [1] Hickman lines may remain in place for extended periods and are used when long-term intravenous access is required. Long-term venous catheters became available in 1968, and the design was improved by Dr. John W. Broviac (b. 1942), a nephrologist based in East Lansing, Michigan, in ...

  6. Medical dictionary - Wikipedia

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    A page from Robert James's A Medicinal Dictionary; London, 1743-45 An illustration from Appleton's Medical Dictionary; edited by S. E. Jelliffe (1916). The earliest known glossaries of medical terms were discovered on Egyptian papyrus authored around 1600 B.C. [1] Other precursors to modern medical dictionaries include lists of terms compiled from the Hippocratic Corpus in the first century AD.

  7. TPN - Wikipedia

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    Total parenteral nutrition Triphosphopyridine nucleotide, the previous name for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP + ) Task Positive Network, see Dorsal attention network

  8. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Parenteral nutrition (administering of nutrition intravenously) should be started when enteral nutrition is not possible or sufficient or in high-risk subjects. [176] Before undergoing surgery, a subject should avoid long periods of fasting. Oral feeding should be established as soon as possible after surgery.

  9. Dietitian - Wikipedia

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    A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician [1] is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of cancer cachexia.