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AUGUST 2, 2019

Parenteral Nutrition Shortages, Like Drug Shortages, Affect Clinical Options

Phoenix—Nutrition shortages are not only a headache for health care organizations; the resultant rationing also may put patients’ health at risk, according to research presented at the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) 2019 Nutrition Science and Practice Conference.

“We’re dealing with drug shortages every day in our health system,” said investigator David Evans, MD, a trauma surgeon at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, in