title: [Enteral nutrition for gastrointestinal disease in home care].
abstract: We report 5 patients given enteral feeding in order to continue its nutritional supportive care of our hospital. In patients 1, 2, and 3 who were malnourished, enteral nutrition was provided due to poor oral intakes after surgical treatment. In patients 4 and 5, enteral feedings were made via the proximal jejunum in order to bypass the duodenum, for nutrients in the duodenum enhanced their biliary infection or chronic pancreatitis, respectively. All patients' nutritional status was satisfactory, but two of five patients could not be discharged from the hospital. The reason was that the patients and their families wanted to continue the hospital care in spite of the improvement in the clinical problem. They had no help at home to care for the patient. We conclude that enteral nutrition is very useful for gastrointestinal disease, but that social problems affect home care with enteral nutrition.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Shitennouji Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daimon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*