MIAMI, Sept. 11 - Intravenous feedings may do well to provide patients with small bowel failure their required daily nutrition, but its long-term use can cause their liver to fail and Parkinson's-like ...

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the medical term for receiving nutrients intravenously (by IV, meaning by a needle in your vein). There are two types of parenteral nutrition: total parenteral nutrition ...

Parenteral nutrition is a method of feeding in which nutrition goes directly to the bloodstream. A person may need it if feeding through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract cannot fulfill their body’s ...