This titrate-up and taper-down controversy stems from concerns regarding the potential for hyperglycemia upon initiation of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and for hypoglycemia upon discontinuation.

Patients scrambling for the at-home parenteral nutrition they rely on for survival have made the news in recent days, but it's just another salvo in a decades-long struggle with supply. "Shortages for ...

Randomized, controlled trials have shown both benefit and harm from tight blood-glucose control in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Variation in the use of early parenteral nutrition and in ...