Iperalimentazione. A program to calculate hyperalimentation needs.

Parenteral hyperalimentation is an important means of nutritional support for critical care patients. Calculation of the amount of calories, components and additives necessary for the appropriate compounding of hyperalimentation solutions is a lengthy, tedious process with many potential opportunities for computation error. A new computer program written in Pascal has been created in order to reduce calculation time and error. Menus and single-keystroke entry are implemented wherever practicable. A review screen is employed to reduce user input errors. A hard-copy printout is generated on command. Program testing has resulted in a 90% reduction in processing time.