Course Description
This course covers the introduction to nutrition support, principles of healthy nutrition, nutritional assessment and calculations for TPN for different clinical situations requiring parenteral nutrition (i.e. critically ill patients, patients with renal and hepatic failures, patients with metabolic and GI disorders), complications of TPN, facilities and design of TPN preparation room. The students will be provided with clinical scenarios for calculation of various components of TPN, during interactive sessions as well as in the exams, to assess their level of understanding.
Course ID: CLPH 505
| Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
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