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Critical Issues in Home Multivitamin Infusion
Vitamins constitute an essential component of short-term and long-term parenteral nutrition support because they are necessary to maintain the body's normal metabolic functions.1 During stress and periods of extended nutrition support, vitamin requirements may be increased as a result of loss, greater utilization, or both.1 For patients on this nutrition therapy, vitamin requirements must be met to ensure optimal nutrition support and recovery from illness.1
Although deficiencies of all vitamins, both fat- and water-soluble, can occur without proper supplementation, parenteral nutrition therapy may itself accentuate the rate of water-soluble vitamin loss. A higher demand for water-soluble vitamins, especially thiamine, can occur as carbohydrate intake rises.2 This article reviews both the need for multivitamin supplementation in patients receiving home parenteral nutrition (HPN) and the safety issues surrounding the prevention of vitamin loss through a variety of physiochemical processes.
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Tools & Tables
It is important to maintain the daily protein & calorie requirements in your adult patients. We’ve made the daily requirements as outlined by ASPEN Safe Practices* available to you here.
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