title: [Evolution of paediatric parenteral nutrition over the last 15 years in a tertiary hospital in Madrid (Spain)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the use of paediatric parenteral nutrition (PN) in a tertiary level hospital in Spain (1994-2008).
  
  
  METHODS
  The charts from infants and children receiving NP in 2008 were reviewed. Data were compared with those in 1994 and 2002.
  
  
  RESULTS
  120 patients received PN, 78 and 71 corresponding to 1.6%, 1.3% and 1.0% of total admissions in 2008, 2002 and 1994 respectively. When composition of PN was compared in the first day we found significant differences in energy and lipids; but not in volume, carbohydrate, or amino acid composition. Gastrointestinal surgery was the most common indication. Mean length was 11.0 ± 9.8 days (2008) to 15.2 ± 14.8 (1994) (p < 0.05). Complications were present in 24.8 patients (2008), 10.8% (2002) and 16.9 (1994).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PN use increased along the study period, although mean length decreased. There were more complications in 2008 than in previous years.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Izquierdo García
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández Ferreiro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gomis Muñoz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herreros de Tejada
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moreno Villares
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D013030:Spain