title: Current status of pediatric home enteral nutrition in Spain: the importance of the NEPAD register.
abstract: Home enteral nutrition (HEN) is a type of enteral nutrition (EN) which is becoming progressively more widespread in pediatrics due to the benefits it affords to patients, their families and to reducing hospital costs. However, the true extent of its use is unknown in Spain as the data-base set up for this purpose is still underused (Registro de Nutrición Enteral Pediátrica Ambulatoria y Domiciliaria -NEPAD-). More thorough registration of patients in the NEPAD online register will provide information about the characteristics of HEN in Spain: prevalence, diagnosis, the population sector being administered HEN, complications and developments. Likewise, forecast and planning of the necessary resources could be made while those in use could be analysed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. lgomez@hsjdbcn.org
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gómez-López
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Costa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedrón-Giner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calderón-Garrido
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Navas López
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez Zazo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moreno Villares
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends*; D011153:Population; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology