title: [National Registry of Home Parenteral Nutrition of the year 2001].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We analyse the registered data of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in our country during the year 2001.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were collected through a previously designed questionnaire. Apart from epidemiological information, the form includes the disease to prescribe this treatment, the specific nutritional treatment used and its duration, access path, complications and readmission rate in hospital, follow-up of the treatment, and progress. All data were processed and analysed by the co-ordinating team.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen hospitals participated, and 66 patients were enrolled. Middle age was 5.5 +/- 4.9 years for patients < 14 years old, and 49.2 +/- 15.8 years for those > or = 14 years old. The more prevalent diagnosis were: ischemic bowel (28.9%), neoplasm (22.7%), radiation enteritis (12.1%), motility disorders (4.5%) and Crohn's disease (4.5%). The mean time on HPN was 8.4 +/- 4.5 months. Tunnelled catheter was the preferential route (62.1%), followed by the implantated one (33.3%). The intermittent method (nocturnal) was preferential (81.8%). Patients receive the formula, mainly from hospital pharmacy (75.7%). The complications related to nutrition (1.3/patient) included the infections (0.46 sepsis/patient, and 0.19 catheter contamination/patients), mechanic (0.15/patient), metabolic (0.1/patient) and electrolytic disorders (0.07/patient). The readmission rate, for nutritional problems, was 1.34/patient. At the end of the year, 74.2% of the patients remained in the HPN program, and 25.8% abandoned the treatment (due to death: 52.9%, and to progress to oral feeding (25.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review illustrates that the registration of HPN patients in our country is standing (1.65 patients/10(6) habitants), that vascular pathology is the more frequent diagnoses in HPN patients, and the rate of readmission and complications and the behaviour is similar to other series making this as a safe treatment in our place.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Passeig Vall d'Hebrón, 119-129, 08035 Barcelona. mplanas@hg.vhebron.es
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires