On the basis of European data, the incidence of total parenteral nutrition (TPN)-dependent short-bowel patients is estimated between 2 and 3 per million per year, with the prevalence at ...

2005;62(21):2260-2264. Verify that the patient is receiving some source of exogenous glucose before initiating infusion (e.g., total parenteral nutrition [TPN], i.v. fluids containing dextrose ...