title: [Background of patients receiving peripheral parenteral nutrition after discharge from Minoh City Hospital].
abstract: After much debate about the nutritional management of patients at the time of discharge, the number of discharged patients receiving peripheral parenteral nutrition has increased. We investigated the nutritional management on discharge and the background of 2,636 patients discharged from Minoh City Hospital over 7 years from 2006. Of these, 55 patients (2%)received peripheral parenteral nutrition after discharge. In the years preceding 2010, ≤7 patients per year received peripheral parenteral nutrition after discharge, but this number increased to >10 after 2010. More than 60% of the patients were aged ≥80 years; more than 80% were discharged to a hospital. These patients had terminal-stage cancer or high-grade dysphagia, and they required end-of-life medical care. The patients' condition, knowledge of their care, and their view of life and death as well as the medical treatment environment influenced the choice of nutritional support. Correct information is necessary to take appropriate decisions regarding nutritional support.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Community Health Care Service, Minoh City Hospital.
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suita
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iijima
mesh_terms: D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010351:Patient Discharge