Parenteral nutrition use at a university hospital. Factors associated with inappropriate use.

To evaluate the appropriateness of parenteral nutrition in hospital inpatients, we retrospectively reviewed the medical record of every third consecutive patient receiving parenteral nutrition admitted to a university hospital over 10 months. Of 186 patients, 71 (38%) were given this nutritional support for 7 days or fewer (short-term use). Patients who received it exclusively through peripheral catheters were more likely to receive it short term. Among 72 patients receiving it perioperatively, those who were given support for uncomplicated surgical procedures or procedures complicated by postoperative ileus were more likely to receive it short term. We conclude that a substantial amount of parenteral nutrition use results in brief durations of support for conditions that are uncomplicated or self-limited. We have identified factors associated with this inappropriate use. A prospective consideration of these data could lead to the better use of this expensive form of nutritional support.     

Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania. Combined effects of income growth and program interventions.

Malnutrition is associated with an inadequate diet, poor health and sanitation services and inadequate care for young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this issue [Haddad, L., Alderman, H., Appleton, S., Song, L., Yohannes, Y., 2003. Reducing child malnutrition: how far does income growth take us? World Bank Econ. Rev., 17, 107-131.], yet evidence to support this claim is often not available, especially for African settings. This paper evaluates the joint contribution of income growth and nutrition interventions towards the reduction of malnutrition. Using a four round panel data set from northwestern Tanzania we estimate the determinants of a child's nutritional status, including household income and the presence of nutrition interventions in the community. The results show that better nutrition is associated with higher income, and that nutrition interventions have a substantial beneficial effect. Policy simulations make clear that if one intends to halve malnutrition rates by 2015 (the MDG objective), income growth will have to be complemented by large scale program interventions.     

Child health,its dynamic interaction with nutrition and health memory – Evidence from Senegal

Child malnutrition is pervasive in developing countries and anthropometric measures such as weight-for-height and height-for-age have proven reliable indicators of short term malnutrition and stunting. Rather than studying these indicators separately, we look at their interaction and carve out child health dynamics. Considering height-for-age a child's health stock and weight-for-lagged height a proxy for nutritional inputs, we develop a child health production function that features self-productivity of past health stocks and contemporaneous nutritional inputs. We test the model on a Senegalese panel of 271 children between 0 and 5 years employing dynamic panel methods to control for endogeneity in the production function. In line with previous evidence, we find that children can partially catch-up from malnutrition spells. Yet, child health stocks also deplete quickly and need constant updating in the form of nutrition. This demonstrates the importance of health memory and that malnutrition cannot be fought with snapshot interventions. Consequently, sustainable nutrition interventions have to be long term and yield higher returns the earlier they reach children.     

血液肿瘤住院患儿营养风险筛查及高度营养风险的危险因素分析

摘要 目的：筛查血液肿瘤住院患儿营养风险,并对其营养不良风险的危险因素进行分析。方法：选取2019年1月-2019年12月我院收治的的血液肿瘤住院患儿290例,采用自制问卷调查表,调查患儿的一般资料情况,采用欧洲肠外肠内营养协会推荐使用的儿科营养风险筛查工具（STAMP）评价患儿营养风险状况,采用单因素及多因素Logistic回归分析高度营养风险的危险因素。结果：依据STAMP评分标准,对研究对象290例患儿进行评价,高度营养风险的患儿247例,占比85.17%。中度营养风险的患儿43例,占比14.83%。低度营养风险患儿0例,占比0.00%。单因素分析结果显示,血液肿瘤住院患儿营养不良风险与年龄、化疗次数、肿瘤分期、总蛋白缺乏、血红蛋白缺乏有关（P<0.05）,而与居住地、性别、肿瘤类型、家庭人均月收入、患儿监护人文化程度无关（P>0.05）。Logistic回归分析发现,年龄为1~3岁、化疗次数＞5次、肿瘤分期为晚期、存在血红蛋白缺乏是血液肿瘤住院患儿高度营养风险的危险因素（P＜0.05）。结论：血液肿瘤住院患儿存在较高比例的营养不良风险,且受年龄、化疗次数、肿瘤分期、血红蛋白缺乏等多种因素影响,临床可考虑针对此类群体进行营养筛查,并给予及时的干预,以改善血液肿瘤住院患儿的营养状况。     

不同比例肠内联合肠外营养治疗方案对重型颅脑创伤患者的影响

摘要 目的：探讨不同比例的肠内联合肠外营养治疗方案对重型颅脑创伤患者（sTBI）的影响。方法：选择2020年10月-2022年8月重庆市急救医疗中心神经重症监护室收治的sTBI患者为研究对象。将符合纳入和排除标准70例患者随机分为实验组和对照组各35例。计算患者每日所需热量,按不同比例的肠内联合肠外营养方案给予营养支持。实验组为按2：1比例肠内联合肠外营养支持,对照组为按1：1比例肠内联合肠外营养支持。统计比较两组的营养状态指标（血红蛋白、白蛋白、前白蛋白、总蛋白）,免疫功能指标[CD3、CD4、CD4/CD8、免疫球蛋白（Ig）A、IgM、IgG],炎症指标[C-反应蛋白（CRP）、降钙素原（PCT）、白介素-6（IL-6）]并发症的差异。结果：在免疫功能方面,营养支持14 d后实验组患者的CD4、CD4/CD8、IgA水平高于对照组患者,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）;而在营养状态、炎症指标及并发症等方面两组患者差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。结论：肠内营养为主的联合营养支持方式更能促进sTBI患者的免疫功能恢复,但不同比例肠内联合肠外营养治疗方案在营养状态、炎症指标及并发症等指标方面无明显差异。     

序贯肠内外营养支持对AECOPD合并呼吸衰竭患者营养指标、胃肠黏膜功能和免疫功能的影响

摘要 目的：观察序贯肠内外营养支持在慢性阻塞性肺疾病急性加重期（AECOPD）合并呼吸衰竭患者中的应用价值。方法：选用随机数字表法将我院2019年1月-2020年12月期间收治的90例AECOPD合并呼吸衰竭患者分为肠内组（n=30）、肠外组（n=30）和序贯组（n=30）。对比三组患者营养指标、胃肠黏膜功能和免疫功能,观察并记录三组抗菌药物使用天数、住院天数和并发症发生率。结果：序贯组的抗菌药物使用天数、住院天数短于肠内组、肠外组（P<0.05）。序贯组营养支持2周后白蛋白（ALB）、前白蛋白（PA）、转铁蛋白（TF）均高于肠内组、肠外组（P<0.05）。序贯组营养支持2周后免疫球蛋白（Ig）A、IgM、IgG均高于肠内组、肠外组（P<0.05）。序贯组营养支持2周后D-乳酸、二胺氧化酶（DAO）均低于肠内组、肠外组（P<0.05）。三组并发症发生率组间对比无明显差异（P>0.05）。结论：序贯肠内外营养支持应用于AECOPD合并呼吸衰竭患者,可促进患者免疫功能提高,营养状况改善,同时还可促进胃肠黏膜功能恢复,缩短抗菌药物使用天数和住院天数。     

不同营养支持方式对进展期胃癌术后病人临床结局比较

摘要目的：研究肠内营养、肠外营养、常规补液对胃癌术后患者临床结局的影响。方法：择我院住院治疗并行外科手术治疗的胃 癌患者183 例,随机分至肠内营养组、肠外营养组、常规补液组,分别行相应的营养支持治疗,比较三组患者术前/ 后1 天及术后 8 天体重、白蛋白、淋巴细胞计数的变化及术后并发症发生情况、营养支持费用、术后住院时间、总费用。结果：常规补液组术后第 8 天体重较术前1 天明显下降;肠内、肠外营养组患者体重下降幅度均明显低于常规补液组;肠内、肠外营养组术后第8 天白蛋白 水平升高显著,且明显高于常规补液组;肠内营养组患者术后第8 天淋巴细胞明显上升,且较常规补液组有明显升高。肠外营养 组、常规补液组患者肝功能损害、血脂升高、血糖升高的发生率均明显高于肠内营养组;肠外营养组患者肝功能损害、血脂升高发 生率明显低于常规补液组;肠内营养组患者切口腹腔感染及肺部感染的发生率均明显低于常规补液组。与常规补液组相比,肠 外、内营养组患者术后住院时间均明显缩短,肠内营养组患者总费用明显偏高;与肠外营养相比,肠内营养组、常规补液组营养支 持费用明显降低,肠内营养组患者总费用显著下降,上述差异均有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论：胃癌术后患者行肠内营养可大大 降低术后并发症的发生,并减少患者住院费用,缩短术后住院时间。     

Nutrición basada en la evidencia en la pancreatitis aguda y la enfermedad hepática crónica estable

Acute pancreatitis is a disease that, by definition, generates an increase in metabolism. This metabolic reaction, together with the anorexia produced by the disease, clearly increases morbidity and mortality secondary to malnutrition.Malnutrition affects almost 70% of patients with cirrhosis, with a consequent increase in complications. The present review aims to evaluate the utility of the use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and/or enteral nutrition (EN) in patients with acute pancreatitis and in those with stable chronic liver disease.In patients with acute pancreatitis, the administration of enteral nutrition seems to confer advantages over parenteral nutrition in clinical variables (infections, surgical interventions, and mean length of hospital stay) (A-B); nevertheless, further studies stratifying patients according to the severity of pancreatitis and probably its etiology should be designed. Glutamine supplementation can be effective in reducing length of hospital stay and duration of nutritional support (B).In patients with stable chronic liver disease, there are no studies that demonstrate the superiority of EN over PN, or vice versa, in relevant clinical variables (mortality, length of hospital stay, etc.). There is only one study that has demonstrated that EN is superior to oral intake in reducing mortality (B).Improved study designs and the need to perform studies according to the type and severity of liver disease should be a research priority.     

Women's social power, child nutrition and poverty in Mali

While the macro-level association between poverty and child malnutrition is well-established, the concept of 'poverty' and its operationalization in terms of measures of socioeconomic status shed little or no light on the mechanisms through which malnutrition is created and/or prevented. This paper investigates a woman's social power, one such mechanism that may mediate the impact of poverty on childhood nutrition. This micro-level factor is examined using survey data on 402 children 5 years of age and younger and their 261 Fulbe mothers in rural Mali. A conceptual model of social power is developed and used to test the hypothesis that a mother's social power can predict her child's nutritional status.     

胃癌术后早期经鼻空肠营养管肠内营养患者的强化护理的临床效应

目的:探讨强化护理措施对胃癌患者术后营养状态的改善作用,为减少术后营养相关并发症的发生提供可借鉴的方法。方法:选择2012年1月-2013年12月在我科实施胃癌手术患者的临床资料进行分析,根据术后营养支持方式的不同,将患者分为早期肠内营养支持组和常规肠内营养组。观察并比较两组患者的生命体征变化、术后肛门排气时间及并发症的发生情况等。结果:强化护理组23例胃癌患者给予术后早期肠内营养治疗后,恢复肛门排气时间为53±7.4 h,经过5±2.1 d的肠内营养后,术后体重增加1.2±0.4 kg,无肠内营养相关并发症发生,肠外营养支持时间明显缩短。结论:本研究显示强化早期肠内营养护理具有迅速改善胃癌病人营养不良状态,减少营养不良相关并发症发生,减轻病人经济负担等优点。     

不同营养支持方式对进展期胃癌术后病人临床结局比较

目的：研究肠内营养、肠外营养、常规补液对胃癌术后患者临床结局的影响。方法：择我院住院治疗并行外科手术治疗的胃癌患者183例,随机分至肠内营养组、肠外营养组、常规补液组,分别行相应的营养支持治疗,比较三组患者术前／后1天及术后8天体重、白蛋白、淋巴细胞计数的变化及术后并发症发生情况、营养支持费用、术后住院时间、总费用。结果：常规补液组术后第8天体重较术前1天明显下降;肠内、肠外营养组患者体重下降幅度均明显低于常规补液组;肠内、肠外营养组术后第8天白蛋白水平升高显著,且明显高于常规补液组;肠内营养组患者术后第8天淋巴细胞明显上升,且较常规补液组有明显升高。肠外营养组、常规补液组患者肝功能损害、血脂升高、血糖升高的发生率均明显高于肠内营养组;肠外营养组患者肝功能损害、血脂升高发生率明显低于常规补液组;肠内营养组患者切口腹腔感染及肺部感染的发生率均明显低于常规补液组。与常规补液组相比,肠外、内营养组患者术后住院时间均明显缩短,肠内营养组患者总费用明显偏高;与肠外营养相比,肠内营养组、常规补液组营养支持费用明显降低,肠内营养组患者总费用显著下降,上述差异均有统计学意义（P〈O．05）。结论：胃癌术后患者行肠内营养可大大降低术后并发症的发生,并减少患者住院费用,缩短术后住院时间。     

Child nutrition in the transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled lifestyles: individual, household, and community-level factors

The research reported here examines child nutrition in a population that is currently experiencing a transition in subsistence, shifting from nomadic pastoralism to a variety of settled lifestyles. We investigate the range of nutritional consequences of settlement both within and between communities by examining individual, household, and community-level predictors of child nutritional status. Data are drawn from the Rendille Demographic and Health Survey, which contains anthropometric data from 1,088 children ages 6 months to 10 years, as well as socioeconomic data from 640 households drawn from one nomadic and four economically and ecologically diverse settled communities. Comparisons allow us to test the widely held assumption that settlement results in nutritional improvements. The examination of individual and household-level factors highlights several important influences on child nutrition. We find a complex interaction between gender and birthorder, whereby firstborn sons have significantly higher weight-for-height scores than other children, potentially reflecting preference under a system of primogeniture. We also find a complex interaction between defacto female-headed households, where males are absent for over half of the year, and economic status. Young children from poor female-headed households have significantly lower weight-for-height than other children, possibly due to the fact that these households are amongst the poorest in the entire community. However, young children from economically sufficient female-headed households actually fare better than their counterparts in male headed households, suggesting that in households with any discretionary resources, female heads prioritize food acquisition relative to other concerns. Finally, our comparison of child nutritional status across communities, while controlling for individual and household-level variation, does not support the contention that settlement is associated with nutritional improvements. Rather, the effect of community, and its associated changes in subsistence and lifestyle, results in either no nutritional changes, or in the case of young children in the lowland desert community of Korr, diminished nutritional status. Our results underscore the importance of considering variation in sample composition and socioeconomic status when performing community comparisons, and highlight the central role of women in influencing the nutritional welfare of their families.     

Indications for total parenteral nutrition in the hospitalized patient: a prospective review of evolving practice

The indications for initiating total parenteral nutrition (TPN) were prospectively evaluated in 100 consecutive patients at a tertiary referral hospital with a long-standing Nutritional Support Service to illustrate the reasons why the parenteral route was chosen at this unique institution in terms of patient population. Sixty male and 40 female patients, average age 59 +/- 17 years (range 22-86 years), were classified a priori as to the underlying reasons for initiation of TPN. The study was conducted by a Nutrition Support Service at this hospital without pediatric, trauma, or burn services specializing in the care of patients with diabetes mellitus. Of the 100 patients, 63% were from the surgical service; 24% had diabetes mellitus. Their mean weight (118 +/- 29% of ideal), body mass index (25 +/- 6 kg/m(2)), and serum albumin (2.8 +/- 0.7 g/dL) indicated a reasonable body composition with a moderate systemic inflammatory response. Six patients received preoperative TPN for an average of 5 +/- 3 days with a variety of diagnoses including malignancy, Crohn's disease, bowel obstruction, and gastrointestinal bleeding. The underlying reasons for initiating nutritional support were related to three factors that largely determine the need for involuntary feeding: preexisting protein calorie malnutrition, actual or anticipated semistarvation for a prolonged period, and the presence of a systemic inflammatory response. The choice of TPN was based on anticipated or proven intolerance to full enteral feeding. The duration of time before initiation of TPN postoperatively was 6 +/- 5 days, which reflects our policy that initially well-nourished patients who are experiencing a systemic inflammatory response should not undergo more than 5 to 7 days of inadequate feeding. The duration of TPN overall was 11 +/- 10 days, which primarily illustrates the dramatic reduction in length of hospital stay that has occurred throughout the health care system and the willingness to provide TPN in alternative settings including transitional care units, rehabilitation hospitals, and for short-term care, the patient's home. The most common specific reasons identified for initiating TPN rather than enteral nutrition were ileus (25%), an underlying acid-base or electrolyte/mineral disorder (13%) requiring correction, and the convenience of TPN because a central venous catheter was in place (12%). The usual indication for nutritional support at this tertiary referral and specialty hospital was actual or impending protein calorie malnutrition. TPN was chosen for a variety of reasons related to actual or anticipated tolerance to enteral feeding. This audit demonstrates that our TPN practice has evolved in relation to time of initiation and duration of feeding, which reflect a clearer appreciation of the risks and benefits of TPN.     

Nutritional treatment of aged individuals with Alzheimer's disease living at home with their spouses: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Nutritional status often deteriorates in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Less is known about whether nutritional care reverses malnutrition and its harmful consequences in AD. The aim of this study is to examine whether individualized nutritional care has an effect on weight, nutrition, health, physical functioning, and quality of life in older individuals with AD and their spouses living at home. METHODS: AD patients and their spouses (aged >65 years) living at home (n = 204, 102 AD patients) were recruited using central AD registers in Finland. The couples were randomized into intervention and control groups. A trained nutritionist visited intervention couples four to eight times at their homes and the couples received tailored nutritional care. When necessary, the couples were given protein and nutrient-enriched complementary drinks. All intervention couples were advised to take vitamin D 20 mug/day. The intervention lasted for 1 year. The couples of the control group received a written guide on nutrition of older people. Participants in the intervention group were assessed every 3 months. The primary outcome measure is weight change. Secondary measures are the intake of energy, protein, and other nutrients, nutritional status, cognition, caregiver's burden, depression, health-related quality of life, and grip strength. DISCUSSION: This study provides data on whether tailored nutritional care is beneficial to home-dwelling AD patients and their spouses. Trial registration ACTRN 12611000018910.     

Ontogeny of intestinal nutrient transport

Children born prematurely lack the ability to digest and to absorb nutrients at rates compatible with their nutritional needs. As a result, total parenteral nutrition may need to be given. While this nutritional support may be lifesaving, the baby who receives this therapy is exposed to the risks of possible sepsis, catheter dysfunction, and liver disease. The rodent model of postnatal development provides a useful framework to investigate some of the cellular features of human intestinal development. The up-regulation of intestinal gene expression and precocious development of intestinal nutrient absorption can be achieved by providing growth factor(s) or by modifying the composition of the maternal diet during pregnancy and nursing or the weaning diet of the infant. Accelerating the digestive and absorptive functions of the intestine would thereby allow for the maintenance of infant nutrition through oral food intake, and might possibly eliminate the need for, and risks of, total parenteral nutrition. Accordingly, this review was undertaken to focus on the adaptive processes available to the intestine, to identify what might be the signals for and mechanisms of the modified nutrient absorption, and to speculate on approaches that need to be studied as means to possibly accelerate the adaptive processes in ways which would be beneficial to the newborn young.     

Carnitine function and requirements during the life cycle.

L-Carnitine has been described as a "conditionally essential" nutrient for humans. Segments of the human population suggested as having a requirement for carnitine include infants (premature and full-term), patients on long-term parenteral nutrition, and perhaps children. The evidence to support these claims includes 1) low circulating carnitine concentrations; 2) abnormal (or at least different) circulating metabolite concentrations (free fatty acids, triglycerides, ketone bodies), and 3) very limited and inconsistent growth data. A number of subjective observations and anecdotal case reports have been offered in support of a requirement for carnitine. Exogenous carnitine is required to maintain "normal" (in the epidemiologic sense) plasma or serum carnitine concentrations in humans of all ages. But "functional carnitine deficiency," defined by abnormal clinical presentation correctable by carnitine administration, has not been demonstrated in an otherwise normal (nonpathologic) population. On the other hand, nutritional or pharmacological intervention with carnitine or its esters may be beneficial for very premature infants, infants and children with various clinical conditions associated with low circulating carnitine concentrations, and in some chronic diseases associated with the aging process.     

National nutrition surveillance

National Nutrition Surveillance includes nutritional assessment surveys to ascertain the extent of malnutrition in populations, to identify possible causes, to establish baseline data for monitoring nutrition, and to select mechanisms for nutrition surveillance (in a restricted sense). An example of the results from a recent nutritional assessment survey in the United States is the negative association of obesity with energy intake, exercise and socioeconomic status, which has implications for public nutritional policy. Nutritional monitoring measures changes in population nutrition over time. An example of the results from nutritional monitoring is the unexpected and presently unexplained decrease in serum cholesterol levels of middle-aged women in the United States over the past decade. Nutritional surveillance in the restricted sense not only identifies malnutrition but is administratively organized to intervene rapidly. National Nutrition Surveillance depends on metabolic and clinical research to decide on its priorities. This research indicates that malnutrition involves more than under-nutrition, and greater emphasis should be given in National Nutrition Surveillance to this wider context of malnutrition. These results will in turn help set priorities for basic and applied research in nutrition. It is important that the research community participate in the review presently under way of the role of the National Center for Health Statistics in National Nutrition Surveillance.     

添加丙氨酰谷氨酰胺的胃肠外营养对存在营养风险的胃癌根治术患者免 疫功能、营养状态及术后恢复的临床意义*

目的:本研究旨在探讨NRS评分大于5分的胃癌根治术患者围手术期应用丙氨酰谷氨酰胺(Ala-Gln)强化的肠外营养对免疫功能、营养状况及术后恢复情况的临价值。方法:NRS-2002评分大于5分的胃癌患者60例,随机分为两组,每组30例。术前开始给予肠外营养支持,5日后手术,手术方式为根治性胃切除,包括远端胃大部切除术和全胃切除术。术后继续给予常规肠外营养。只有实验组给予谷氨酰胺双肽每日20克。于入院时和手术后第6日测量CD4、CD8、CD4/CD8、IgG、IgA、IgM淋巴细胞计数等免疫指标,血清总蛋白、白蛋白、谷丙转氨酶、总胆红素、血肌酐等肝肾功能指标,观察手术恢复过程及术后并发症发生情况。结果:采用谷氨酰胺强化的试验组CD4、CD8等免疫指标恢复情况显著优于对照组。二者一过性肝功能损伤发生率无明显差异。但试验组白蛋白较对照组恢复迅速。试验组术后肠蠕动恢复较对照组快,术后腹泻发生率较低。两组在术后抗生素应用时间、术后感染等发病率方面未显示统计学差异。结论:对存在营养风险的胃癌患者进行围手术期静脉营养支持时添加谷氨酰胺制剂可明显改善患者的免疫状况,促进术后恢复减少手术并发症。     

原发性肝癌患者术后两种营养支持的疗效对比及对免疫功能的影响研究

目的:研究原发性肝癌患者术后两种营养支持的疗效及对免疫功能的影响。方法:病例选自2010年10月至2012年11月在我院就诊治疗的90例经诊断为原发性肝癌并进行肝部分切除的患者,随机分为EN组和PN组,每组各45例,分别进行肠内和肠外营养支持治疗,观察术前及术后患者的营养状况、住院时间、肠道功能恢复时间、并发症情况及免疫功能的变化,经统计学处理,探讨两种不同营养支持疗法的临床疗效及对免疫功能的影响。结果:相对于PN组,EN组患者术后营养明显改善,胃肠道功能恢复相对较快,免疫功能明显提高,术后并发症明显减少,且P0.05。差异具有统计学意义。结论:早期EN比PN更能改善肝癌病人术后肠道功能及营养状况,降低术后并发症,提高患者的免疫功能,有利于患者术后恢复。     

原发性肾病综合征患儿家长对疾病营养知识的调查与分析

目的:研究原发性肾病综合征患儿家长疾病营养知识,分析其相关影响因素。方法:选取2014年5月到2015年5月在我院门诊及住院的原发性肾病综合征患儿150例,应用自制问卷对患儿家长的一般资料及营养知识进行调查,应用非条件Logistic回归分析患儿家长营养知识影响因素。结果:150例原发性肾病综合征患儿家长对基本营养知识回答的正确率介于30.7%-96.7%,对具体营养知识回答的正确率为2.0%-42.0%;Logistic回归分析显示:家长文化程度、患儿病程、居住地、发病情况以及首次就诊是否接受营养指导均是家长疾病营养知识影响因素。结论:原发性肾病综合征患儿家长对疾病具体营养知识知晓率低,应根据影响因素对家长进行营养宣教。