title: Appropriateness of Parenteral Nutrition Usage in Cancer Patients.
abstract: This study is to investigate the indication appropriateness of parenteral nutrition (PN) administration in cancer patients. Between December 2013 and August 2014, all cancer patients who received PN (including total PN and Kabiven) in a regional hospital of Southern Taiwan were included in this retrospective study. A total of 107 cancer patients received PN. Among them, colorectal cancer was the most common type of cancer (n = 45, 42.1%), followed by gastric cancer, head and neck cancer, and esophageal cancer. After evaluation of the appropriateness of PN administration, 88 (82.2%) PN episodes were considered appropriate and unavoidable, 4 (3.7%) as appropriate and avoidable but 15 (14.1%) as inappropriate. In conclusion, PN could be inappropriately used by some oncologic physicians. Physicians and nutrition support team specialists should carefully evaluate the indication of PN administration for cancer patients to obey the generally acknowledged usage rule.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nutrition, Chi Mei Medical Center , Liouying , Tainan , Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Chun-Sung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chong-Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Chien-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Chih-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013624:Taiwan