TPN
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Some people who rely on TPN like Loretta will chew food and spit it out, but that's never appealed to her.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2021
"TPN restored my weight and gave me energy. It was nice to wear normal clothes again and not have to shop in the children's section," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2021
“As we go along, we modify things and learn. But to deny TPN to a child unless there is absolutely no hope is simply unethical. It is letting a child starve to death.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2020
A 1983 report in the New York Times described one baby receiving TPN as “a hostage to medicine,” and quoted a Columbia University pediatrician who called the procedure “a horrible experiment.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2020
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 • Jul. 20, 2014
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