Indications: coverage of caloric and essential fatty acid requirements in parenteral nutrition as in postoperative catabolism malabsorption, maldigestion, consuming disease, renal insufficiency and during convalescence.

Cautions: the emulsion should be perfectly homogenous

Contra-indications: disturbances in fat metabolism, hyperlipidaemia and fasting lipaemia, pregnancy, shock conditions, advanced liver insufficiency, cerebral affections, disturbances in blood coagulation; cardiac infarction, pulmonary high pressure, acute and life threatening situations like sepsis, acute embolism, hepatic and diabetic coma.

Dose: by IV infusion, 1-2 g of fat/kg body weight/day. Drop rate, start with 15-20 drops/minute and eventually increase to max. 45 drops/minute after 10-15 minutes.