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Home parenteral nutrition

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Home parenteral nutrition (HPN)
Long-term parenteral nutrition, given through a central venous catheter and administered in the patient's home.
Mentioned in: Nutrition through an Intravenous Line
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This may range from use of oral rehydration solutions to therapeutic diets, to meticulously well located feeding tubes to home parenteral nutrition.
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