Preferred Label : parenteral nutrition, home total;
MeSH definition : The at-home administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient
whose sole source of nutrients is via solutions administered intravenously, subcutaneously
or by some other non-alimentary route.;
MeSH synonym : nutrition, home total parenteral; total parenteral nutrition, home; home total parenteral nutrition; home parenteral nutrition, total;
MeSH annotation : do not use /util except by MeSH definition; coord IM with dis /ther (IM), not dis
/diet ther; DF: HOME TPN or HTPN; coordinate with disease /ther, not disease /diet ther;
The at-home administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient
whose sole source of nutrients is via solutions administered intravenously, subcutaneously
or by some other non-alimentary route.