Home parenteral nutrition
Total Parenteral Nutrition is also called TPN or infusion nutrition. TPN is sterile, liquid food that is transported directly into the bloodstream by infusion. It can be administered if your small intestine cannot absorb enough nutrients, moisture and salt to grow. If you need long-term TPN, it is administered at home. In the Netherlands there are about 80 children who get TPN at home.
Information and links
KLIK in: Emma Children’s Hospital Amsterdam UMC since June 2012, Sophia Children’s Hospital Erasmus Medical Center since August 2014
Achtergrondinformatie darmfalen website Amsterdam UMC
Stichting Darmfalen Nederland
Information page intestinal failure (English)
