Aug 27, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
13.4% of patients who were diagnosed as malnourished received either parenteral or enteral nutrition during their hospital stay.[1]
Enteral nutrition is preferred over parenteral nutrition because it is cheaper and has a lower risk of complications (especially infection).[2]
1. Corkins, M., Guenter,
P., DiMario-Ghalili, R., Jensen, G., Malone, A., Miller, S., Patel, V.,
Plogsted, S., Resnick, H. Malnutrition Diagnoses in Hospitalized
Patients. Journal of Pareneteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2014; 38(2):
186-195.
2. Hyeda A, Costa ÉSMD.
Economic analysis of costs with enteral and parenteral nutritional
therapy according to disease and outcome. Einstein (Sao Paulo).
2017;15(2):192–199. doi:10.1590/S1679-45082017GS4002.
Aug 20, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
Hospitalized malnourished patients are at an increased risk for complications such as pressure ulcers, infections, and falls.[1]
Enteral nutrition can be used to prevent malnutrition.[2]
1. M. Isabel T.D. Correia,
Refaat A. Hegazi, Takashi Higashiguchi, Jean-Pierre Michel, B. Ravinder
Reddy, Kelly A. Tappenden, Mehmet Uyar, Maurizio Muscaritoli,
Evidence-Based Recommendations for Addressing Malnutrition in Health
Care: An Updated Strategy From the feedM.E. Global Study Group, Journal
of the American Medical Directors Association, 2014; 15(8); 544-550.
2. http://static.abbottnutrition.com/cms-prod/anhi.org/img/Enteral_Nutrition.pdf
Aug 13, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
Hospital patients on enteral nutrition often receive only 45-65% of the ordered nutrition. [1]
Approximately one-third of patients arrive at the hospital malnourished. [2]
1. Parrish, C., McCray, S.
Part I Enteral Feeding Barriers: Pesky Bowel Sounds & Gastric
Residual Volumes. Practical Gastroenterology. 2019; 183: 35-50.
2. Tappenden, K.,
Quatrara, B., Parkhurst, M., Malone, A., Ganjiang, G., Ziegler, T.
Critical Role of Nutrition in Improving Auality of Care: An
Interdisciplinary Call to Action to Address Adult Hospital Malnutrition.
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2013; 37(4): 482-497.
Aug 6, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
Addressing malnutrition early in the hospital reduced the average length of stay by 3.2 days in a Johns Hopkins study.*
This also provided a substantial cost savings of $1,514 per patient.*
* Tappenden, K., Quatrara, B., Parkhurst, M., Malone, A., Ganjiang, G.,
Ziegler, T. Critical Role of Nutrition in Improving Auality of
Care: An Interdisciplinary Call to Action to Address Adult Hospital
Malnutrition. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2013; 37(4):
482-497
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