Increased body temperature secondary to total parenteral nutrition
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 8 (12) , 736-737
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198012000-00008
Abstract
Administration of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) (glucose/amino acids), on the 2nd day after surgery, to a 26-year-old male with multiple fractures resulted in a rise in rectal temperature from 37.6 to 39 degrees C. Resting energy expenditure showed a sustained 23% increase when the nutritional intake was changed from 5% dextrose to TPN. This case demonstrates that the increased metabolic rate associated with administration of TPN in acutely injured patients may be associated with an increase in body temperature.Keywords
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