title: [The limits of the Nutrition Committee in applying parenteral nutrition].
abstract: In order to assess the benefits of a Nutritional Team in our hospital, the Nutritional Committee made a prospective study concerning the Parenteral Nutrition application between June 8th and July 23rd 1992. We studied 94 patients, mean age 51.5 (0-88). They had 918 nutritional units (20 NU/day) for a mean time of 13.2 days. The main nutritional indication was intestinal pathology (47.9% onco-surgical patients). A Parenteral Nutrition standard type was usually given to patients through a Drum type catheter. Infectious complications reached a 38.5% (13.8% thrombophlebitis). We have performed analytical controls in 83.7% patients, 83.6% of them had pathologic results. The percentage was of deaths 7.5%. After these results, we conclude that there is a need for a specifically trained medical group taking care of the nutritional management of the patients. Thus, we could assure the quality of nutritional therapy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Aránzazu, San Sebastián, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aldamiz-Echevarría
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villanueva
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Barcia
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bachiller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Límite de la Comisión de Nutrición en la aplicación de la nutrición parenteral.