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- Comparison of a volume-based feeding protocol with standard feeding for trauma patients in intensive care units in Korea: a retrospective cohort study
- Juhong Park, Yesung Oh, Songhee Kwon, Ji-hyun Lee, Mihyang Kim, Kyungjin Hwang, Donghwan Choi, Junsik Kwon
- Ann Clin Nutr Metab 2023;15(1):22-29. Published online April 1, 2023
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15747/ACNM.2023.15.1.22
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PDF - Purpose: Although early enteral nutrition for critically ill patients is essential, it is difficult to provide enteral nutrition to trauma patients in early hospitalization stages due to frequent surgeries and examinations. We aimed to identify the effect of achieving early enteral nutrition goals and improving outcomes through a volume-based feeding (VBF) protocol for trauma patients.
Methods: Patients who were admitted to the trauma intensive care units (TICUs) of the Ajou University Hospital from January 2020 to September 2021 and received enteral tube feeding for at least 7 days were studied. An institution-specific VBF protocol was developed, and nurses were trained in its execution. We retrospectively compared outcomes, such as in-hospital mortality and initial nutritional goal achievement, between the new and standard protocols.
Results: Among 2,935 patients, 109 met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 64 patients received nutrition through VBF, with no feeding intolerance symptoms. The VBF group started enteral nutrition approximately 16.9 hours earlier and group achieved 80% of the target calorie and protein intake approximately one day faster than the control group (n=45). The average calorie supply per body weight per day was 4.9 kcal/kg/day more in the VBF group. An increase of 0.2 g/kg/day was also observed in protein uptake. However, mortality and adverse hospital events did not differ between the groups.
Conclusion: The VBF protocol for patients admitted to the TICU increased the initial nutrient supply without risk of feeding intolerance, but there was no improvement in major clinical outcomes, including mortality and adverse hospital events.
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- Analysis of Compliance and Clinical Outcomes by Expanding Physician’s Departments in Pediatric Nutrition Support Team
- Hae Won Lee, Min Jae Jung, Ji Eun Park, Hee Kwon, Jae Song Kim, Hong Go, Eun Sun Son
- J Clin Nutr 2019;11(2):42-51. Published online December 31, 2019
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15747/jcn.2019.11.2.42
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Purpose:
Malnutrition in hospitalized children has an impact on growth, morbidity, and mortality. For this reason, the implementation of pediatric nutrition support team (PNST) has been suggested. On April 2017, in Severance Hospital, more PNST physician’s departments participated in PNST, and a PNST physician assigning system was changed to be the same departments with the attending physician and PNST physician. This study performed a comparative analysis of the compliance and clinical outcomes after expanding the participation of the PNST physician’s department.
Methods:
Pediatric patients, who were referred to a PNST consultant, were divided into two groups: an unmatched group (different departments with the attending physician and PNST physician [154 patients, 233 consultations from May 2016 to October 2016]), and a matched group (same departments with the attending physician and PNST physician [169 patients, 302 consultations from May 2017 to October 2017]). The PNST compliance and clinical outcomes, such as the total delivered/required caloric and protein ratio, % ideal body weight (%IBW), serum total protein, and serum albumin, in the two groups were compared.
Results:
The compliance was significantly higher in the matched group than the unmatched group (63.4% vs. 47.3%, P=0.005). Although there was no significant difference, the total delivered/required caloric and protein ratio, and %IBW in the matched group tended to increase. The serum total protein (0.7±0.7 g/dL vs. –0.4±1.3 g/dL, P=0.004) and serum albumin (0.5±0.5 g/dL vs. –0.1±0.6 g/dL, P=0.003) were significantly higher in the matched group.
Conclusion:
After expanding the physician’s departments in PNST, the compliance was significantly higher in the matched group and the clinical outcomes tended to better. The physician assigning system to be matched with the departments between the attending physician and the PNST physician may help increase the compliance of NST consultations, resulting in an improvement of the patient’s clinical outcomes.
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