A patient receiving total parenteral nutrition.
which contains 100 grams of fat per liter.
1 gram of fat provides 9 calories.
The patient requires 850 calories of fat per day.
Then we need to administer
So, the patient needs 94.4 grams of fat daily.
parenteral nutrition has 100 grams of fat per liter.
So patient need
The patient needs 944 ml of parenteral nutrition per day.
Answer - Infusion rate should be 39.3 ml per hour.
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