PRODUCT FOR PARENTERAL NUTRITION OF OBESE INTENSIVE-CARE PATIENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a high-amino-acid, low-lipid and low-carbohydrate parenteral nutrition solution for administration to obese intensive-care patients, and to a three-chamber pouch which comprises the amino acid component, the carbohydrate component and the lipid component of the parenteral nutrition solution separately in three different chambers.

主权项

1. A method of treating an obese patient in need of nutrition comprising:
a) determining that the patient is obese; and b) administering parenterally to the obese patient a nutrition solution comprising, per 1000 ml: (i) 500 ml-834 ml of an amino acid solution comprising 50 g-83 g of amino acids, (ii) 167 ml-278 ml of a glucose solution comprising 67 g-111 g of glucose, and (iii) 83 ml-139 ml of a lipid emulsion comprising 17 g-28 g of lipids, wherein the sum of (i), (ii), and (iii) is 1000 ml.