parenteral
adjective
par·en·ter·al
pə-ˈren-tə-rəl 
: situated or occurring outside the intestine
especially
: introduced otherwise than by way of the intestines
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The December 2022 draft guidelines cited in the post recommend limits on aluminum exposure through parenteral nutrition based on an infant’s weight and days of life, which the post accurately reflects as 17.5 micrograms for a 1-day-old baby weighing 3.5 kilograms.
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Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
An investigation by the Texas Medical Board shows that the solution Cleveland received intravenously included total parenteral nutrition, or TPN, a potent, concentrated mix of electrolytes that doctors use to feed patients who are physically unable to consume adequate nutrition on their own.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
The approach is called total parenteral nutrition.
—Margo Pierce, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2015
Wilson said that nearly every component of the total parenteral nutrition mixture that some critically ill infants and adults require has been in shortage at one time or another.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy called total parenteral nutrition, in which an infant’s complete nutritional requirements are infused directly into a vein.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
The diarrhea also won't let up even with dietary changes, such as by going gluten-free, so many people with autoimmune enteropathy will need parenteral nutrition.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2021
Sixty percent would be attributable to four childbirth interventions—parenteral administration of uterotonics, antibiotics, and anticonvulsants, and clean birth environments.
—Katharine Gammon, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2020
The company’s adjoining facility in Birmingham also offers development and manufacturing services for parenteral drug products, and application development and scale-up services for implantable medical devices.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 May 2020
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Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
An investigation by the Texas Medical Board shows that the solution Cleveland received intravenously included total parenteral nutrition, or TPN, a potent, concentrated mix of electrolytes that doctors use to feed patients who are physically unable to consume adequate nutrition on their own.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
The approach is called total parenteral nutrition.
—Margo Pierce, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2015
Wilson said that nearly every component of the total parenteral nutrition mixture that some critically ill infants and adults require has been in shortage at one time or another.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy called total parenteral nutrition, in which an infant’s complete nutritional requirements are infused directly into a vein.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
The diarrhea also won't let up even with dietary changes, such as by going gluten-free, so many people with autoimmune enteropathy will need parenteral nutrition.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2021
Sixty percent would be attributable to four childbirth interventions—parenteral administration of uterotonics, antibiotics, and anticonvulsants, and clean birth environments.
—Katharine Gammon, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2020
The company’s adjoining facility in Birmingham also offers development and manufacturing services for parenteral drug products, and application development and scale-up services for implantable medical devices.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 May 2020
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parenteral
1 of 2 adjective
par·en·ter·al
pə-ˈrent-ə-rəl
: situated or occurring outside the intestine
parenteral drug administration by intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous injection
especially
: introduced otherwise than by way of the intestines
enteric versus parenteral feeding
parenteral
2 of 2 noun
: an agent (as a drug or solution) intended for parenteral administration
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