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A Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Efficacy, and Delivery of Olive-Oil-Based Three-Chamber Bags for Parenteral Nutrition
Published on: September 20, 2019
[Current situation of domiciliary enteral nutrition in Galicia. A multicenter study]
L F Pérez Méndez1, R V García-Mayor,
1Sección de Nutrición, Hospital Xeral-Cies de Vigo, Pizarro, 22, 36204 Vigo. lpm@unicies.cesga.es
Aim:
To determinate the prevalence of patients with Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) in Galicia.
Design:
Transversal study.
Subjects:
Patients aged > or = 14 years, treated with HEN in our community since January 1998 to December 1999. Population of reference was 1.789.983.
Method:
Questionnaire previously designed.
Main Results:
During the study period were treated 2,784 patients which represent a prevalence of 10.34 cases/10,000 inhabitants, being 18.8 for La Coruña, 1.3 for Lugo, 0.4 for Ourense and of the 20.85 for Pontevedra. The mean age of the patients was of 56 +/- 2.29 years (range 14-96). The Clinics units that required more frequently HEN were the Medical Units (48.3%), followed of the Surgery Units (20.2%) and the Primary Care Units (19.2%). Neurological abnormalities (43.6%), Neoplasias (30.7%) and Intestinal Inflammatory Disease (10.5%) were patients more frequently required HEN. Regarding to administration route 58.3%, 28.46%, 9.87%, 0.5% and 0.65% used oral, nasogastric tube, PEG, gastrostomy and yeyunostomy respectively. The Index of complications was 0.18 of patient-year, due to gastrointestinal anomalies 0.12 patient-year, mechanical 0.09 patient-year. The index of hospitalizations in relation to the nutritional treatment was 0.026 patient-year.
Conclusions:
The prevalence of HEN in our community is of 10.34 cases/10,000 inhabitants. This kind of treatment is more frequently in the areas with high-density population. The frequency of complications was low. This data may be useful to compare with date from other areas and countries.
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