Definition: The at-home administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient whose sole source of nutrients is via solutions administered intravenously, subcutaneously or by some other non-alimentary route.
do not use /util except by MeSH definition; coord IM with dis /ther (IM), not dis /diet ther; DF: HOME TPN or HTPN
Other names Home Parenteral Nutrition, Total; Total Parenteral Nutrition, Home; Nutrition, Home Total Parenteral; Home Total Parenteral Nutrition