Data emerging from this investigation showed that i) artificial nutrition is commonly used in gastroenterology Units in Italy although 23% of them never consider either enteral or parenteral nutrition as medical treatment of gastrointestinal disease; ii) malnutrition is a very frequent complication (mean 27%; range 4-55%0) in Gastroenterology Unit patients albeit only 42% of malnourished patients received artificial nutrition; iii) indications for enteral and parenteral nutrition are not always respected, as there is an excessive use of parenteral nutrition and an unjustified resistance to the use of enteral nutrition; iv] nutritional treatment is often administered without adequate nutritional assessment and without a complete adherence to the standards recommended for preparation of parenteral bags, supported by suitable technology; v) only two Gastroenterology Units report admitting and following patients in a home parenteral nutrition programme; vi) this investigation probably reflects the response of those Gastroenterology Units most aware of the importance of nutritional problems. Better awareness of correct practices for nutritional support should be promoted, encouraging greater use of diagnostic and monitoring techniques and a more discerning choice of the most suitable type of artificial nutrition to be administered in gastroenterology

Clinical nutrition practice in Italian gastroenterology Units / Guglielmi, Fw; Panella, C; Losco, A; Budillon, G; Conte, D; DEL VECCHIO BLANCO, C; Gasbarrini, G; Loguercio, C; Merli, M; Mingrone, G; Nardone, GERARDO ANTONIO PIO; Riggio, O; Francavilla, A.. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - STAMPA. - 32:6(2000), pp. 473-479.

Clinical nutrition practice in Italian gastroenterology Units

NARDONE, GERARDO ANTONIO PIO;
2000

Abstract

Data emerging from this investigation showed that i) artificial nutrition is commonly used in gastroenterology Units in Italy although 23% of them never consider either enteral or parenteral nutrition as medical treatment of gastrointestinal disease; ii) malnutrition is a very frequent complication (mean 27%; range 4-55%0) in Gastroenterology Unit patients albeit only 42% of malnourished patients received artificial nutrition; iii) indications for enteral and parenteral nutrition are not always respected, as there is an excessive use of parenteral nutrition and an unjustified resistance to the use of enteral nutrition; iv] nutritional treatment is often administered without adequate nutritional assessment and without a complete adherence to the standards recommended for preparation of parenteral bags, supported by suitable technology; v) only two Gastroenterology Units report admitting and following patients in a home parenteral nutrition programme; vi) this investigation probably reflects the response of those Gastroenterology Units most aware of the importance of nutritional problems. Better awareness of correct practices for nutritional support should be promoted, encouraging greater use of diagnostic and monitoring techniques and a more discerning choice of the most suitable type of artificial nutrition to be administered in gastroenterology
2000
Clinical nutrition practice in Italian gastroenterology Units / Guglielmi, Fw; Panella, C; Losco, A; Budillon, G; Conte, D; DEL VECCHIO BLANCO, C; Gasbarrini, G; Loguercio, C; Merli, M; Mingrone, G; Nardone, GERARDO ANTONIO PIO; Riggio, O; Francavilla, A.. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - STAMPA. - 32:6(2000), pp. 473-479.
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