total parenteral nutrition

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. intravenous administration of a solution of essential nutrients to patients unable to ingest food, especially in cases of severe gastrointestinal or malabsorption disorders or prolonged coma. TPN

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Example Sentences

People with SBS can’t absorb enough water, vitamins, minerals, protein, fat and other nutrients from food, so they receive supplements known as total parenteral nutrition, or TPN.

From Seattle Times

Pitts regularly sees patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, and uses the app MedCalc to calculate complex equations for total parenteral nutrition - a therapy where patients are fed through their veins.

From Washington Times

The solution pumped through the line, called total parenteral nutrition, made Annabel gag and wretch.

From Washington Times

The patient was started on doses of copper and admitted to the hospital to start on total parenteral nutrition, or T.P.N., in which nutrients are delivered intravenously.

From New York Times

For the time being, she received nutrients through an IV placed in her vein 12 hours every day, pumping total parenteral nutrition, or TPN.

From Washington Times