Catalog
Aluminium excess
Link to WHO Definition
Aluminium excess – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1157914829
Patients receiving long-term parenteral nutrition are at increased risk of aluminium toxicity because of bypass of the gastrointestinal tract during parenteral nutrition infusion. Complications of aluminium toxicity include metabolic bone disease, aluminium-associated encephalopathy in adults and impaired neurological development in preterm infants.