Access technique and its problems in parenteral nutrition – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 9

Catheter type, access technique, and the catheter position should be selected considering to the anticipated duration of PN aiming at the lowest complication risks (infectious and non-infectious). Long-term (>7–10 days) parenteral nutrition (PN) requires central venous access whereas for PN <3...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bischoff, S. C., Braß, P., Muehlebach, S., Schregel, W., Thul, P., Pscheidl, E., Working group for developing the guidelines for parenteral nutrition of The German Association for Nutritional Medicine, Volk, O., Stanga, Z., Jauch, K. W., Hartl, W.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2009-11-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2009-7/000078.shtml