Comfort IV Therapy

What is Total Parenteral Nutrition?

Total parenteral nutrition, hereafter referred to as TPN, offers several benefits, particularly for individuals who are unable to obtain adequate nutrition through oral or enteral routes.

What are the benefits?

Sustained Nutrition:  TPN provides complete and balanced nutrition directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system. This ensures that essential nutrients, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, are delivered to the body, even when the digestive tract is unable to absorb nutrients properly.

Improved Healing and Recovery: TPN supports tissue repair, wound healing, and immune function, which are essential for individuals recovering from surgery, trauma, or severe illness. By providing adequate nutrition, TPN helps optimize the body’s healing processes and may shorten recovery times.

Individualized Nutrition Support: TPN can be customized to meet the unique nutritional needs of each patient based on factors such as age, weight, medical condition, metabolic requirements, and laboratory values. Healthcare professionals can adjust the composition and infusion rate of TPN solutions to optimize patient outcomes and minimize complications.

Improved Quality of Life: For individuals who require long-term TPN, the therapy can improve overall quality of life by ensuring adequate nutrition and energy levels, reducing symptoms of malnutrition, and enhancing functional capacity. Properly managed TPN can enable patients to maintain independence and engage in daily activities more effectively.

While TPN can offer many benefits, it is essential to carefully monitor patients receiving this therapy to prevent complications such as infections, metabolic imbalances and liver dysfunction. This therapy is monitored closely by your healthcare team including your doctor, pharmacist, and in some cases your nursing team.

If you have questions regarding this therapy, please feel free to contact us or your healthcare provider.