Carbohydrates – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 5

The main role of carbohydrates in the human body is to provide energy. Carbohydrates should always be infused with PN (parenteral nutrition) in combination with amino acids and lipid emulsions to improve nitrogen balance. Glucose should be provided as a standard carbohydrate for PN, whereas the use...

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Main Authors: Working group for developing the guidelines for parenteral nutrition of The German Association for Nutritional Medicine, Traeger, K., Ockenga, J., Kreymann, G., Jauch, K. W., Hauner, H., Ebener, C., Bolder, U.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2009-11-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2009-7/000082.shtml