[The follow-up study of patients with NST discharge summary for a continuous nutritional management]

The nutritional management of a patient discharged from a primary hospital will not end just there. The nutritional management information issued by the primary hospital is required when a patient moves to a next institute.We,the Nutritional Support Team(NST), make a nutrition summary report in addition to letters written by the doctor and the ward in charge. We investigated a total of 64 patients three months after their discharge, and followed them for a year since April 2008. On some patients, the nutritional care had to be changed in accordance with the facility and the patients' primary disease status.In order for the nutrition management to be continued, a bidirectional communication exchange between the primary hospital and acute phase hospital is essential. In other words, a seamless nutritional management for patients has to be executed. When the disease condition of the patient has changed, the host institution must consult with us about the new nutritional care to the patient. On the other hand, we should keep in touch to reduce a communication distance in the region.