Intravenous feeding

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• Parenteral or intravenous feeding is generally considered "more hazardous and more expensive" than enteral feeding.
• Review of literature shows that dermatitis occurring during prolonged intravenous feeding is attributed to essential fatty acid, zinc, or less often amino acid, deficiency.
• Intravenous feeding is a potentially hazardous and expensive form of nutritional treatment.
• We propose to register their name, date of birth and a postcode on a register, together with details of why and how long intravenous feeding is needed, and the reasons why intravenous feeding is stopped.
• Intravenous feeding is used when the digestive tract cannot adequately absorb nutrients (for example, in people with a malabsorption disorder) or must be temporarily kept free of food (for example, in people with ulcerative colitis or severe pancreatitis).

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