Table 1.

Composition of nutrient solution

Nutrient solution	mL/L*
Travasol 10%†	500
D50W	500
Electrolytes‡	20
Potassium phosphates‡	6
MVI-12°	5

^*Amount of the respective solutions added

^†Contains the following: essential amino acids leucine (730 mg), isoleucine (600 mg), lysine (580 mg), valine (580 mg), phenylalanine (560 mg), histidine (480 mg), threonine (420 mg), methionine (400 mg), and tryptophan (180 mg); non-essential amino acids alanine (2.07 g), arginine (1.15 g), glycine (1.03 g), proline (680 mg), serine (500 mg), and tyrosine (40 mg).

^‡Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL, USA.

^°Astra Pharmaceuticals, Westborough, MA, USA.

D50W, 50% dextrose injection, USP; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.