Jpen Parenter Enter
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With reports of deleterious effects of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in adults in addition to our surveys, which indicated that 1/4, and as many as 1/2, of US academic medical centers were using excess glucose in TPN, our objective was to devise a computer program to optimize nutrients in parenteral and enteral nutrition in adult and pediatric patients. ⋯ The program, http://epen.kumc.edu, provides rapid definition of the TPN or enteral prescription for adult and pediatric patients, with reduced likelihood of providing excessive glucose and energy in parenteral or enteral nutrition.