[Contamination of ternary mixtures of parenteral nutrition by barium]. / Contamination des mélanges ternaires d'alimentation parentérale par le Baryum.

Patients treated with chronic parenteral nutrition develop metabolic bone diseases. Because of the chemical relationship between barium and calcium, and the barium bone affinity, a possible responsibility of this element in this bone pathology has been searched. The study of the different parenteral nutrition components shows that significant concentrations of barium have been found in total parenteral nutrition bags.