Of what component parts does parenteral nutrition consist and how does the nutritional solution get into the blood stream?
All life-essential nutrients are contained in the nutritional solution in such a way that
they are suitable for intravenous infusions and ready to benefit the body immediately.
Amino acids
are important component parts of body proteins that serve to sustain important bodily functions.
Glucose
is the smallest building block of the carbohydrate family and serves to provide energy and is especially important for the functioning of the brain.
Fat
is, alongside glucose, an important supplier of energy to the body.
Electrolytes
are to be found in the form of salts and play an important role when it comes to regulating water balance in the body.
Body water,
on a quantity basis, is the most important component part of the body. Water serves as a means of transport and as a solvent and regulates body temperature.
Trace elements
are inorganic elements that are found in the body in small quantities only. They are the building blocks of other important substances, for example iodine,
which is a component part of the thyroid hormone.
Vitamins
are vital for certain body functions. Our body cannot create these itself – or can only do so in very little quantities.
Your doctor has allocated you with a vein access catheter so that nutritional solution may be entered directly into your blood stream. The choice of access depends on your individual situation, the composition of your nutritional solution and on the foreseen duration of your nutritional therapy (please go to page 18 for more information about the types of access catheters). The connection piece of your venous access catheter will get connected to the nutritional solution bag.