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[Parenteral feeding in severe states in infants]
Viata Medicala; Revista De Informare Profesionala Si Stiintifica a Cadrelor Medii Sanitare
|February 1, 1990
Insights
Parenteral nutrition is a temporary feeding method for infants unable to eat orally, used in severe cases as part of intensive care. This review details objectives and staging for parenteral feeding programs based on clinical experience.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal medicine
- Pediatric nutrition
- Intensive care medicine
Context:
- Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a critical intervention for infants with oral feeding intolerance.
- Its use is reserved for severe cases and integrated into comprehensive intensive care strategies.
- Effective PN requires careful planning regarding objectives and staged implementation.
Purpose:
- To review the objectives and staging of parenteral nutrition programs for infants.
- To share clinical experience in managing parenteral feeding in neonates.
- To provide insights into the application of PN within intensive care settings.
Summary:
- Parenteral nutrition is an exceptional, temporary method for infants unable to meet nutritional needs orally.
- It is considered adequate within complex intensive care measures for severe cases.
- The authors present their group's experience with parenteral feeding programs, detailing objectives and staging.
Impact:
- Highlights the role of parenteral nutrition in neonatal intensive care.
- Offers a framework for understanding and implementing staged parenteral feeding programs.
- Contributes to the evidence base for managing complex nutritional support in vulnerable infants.
Abstract:
Parenteral nutritional of babies that cannot provide for their necessities by the oral pathway is only temporary, exceptional method, indicated in very severe cases. Presently this method is considered as adequate in the frame of complex measures intended for intensive care. Following a review of objectives of parenteral feeding programs, and their staging the authors describe in detailed manner the experience acquired by their group in this field.