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{"title":"Association between new insertion of a long-term enteral feeding tube and mortality in adults admitted to the hospital with aspiration: A retrospective cohort study","authors":"Anthony D. Bai MD, MSc,&nbsp;Siddhartha Srivastava MD, MSc,&nbsp;Marie Leung MD,&nbsp;Heather Johnson MD,&nbsp;Amol A. Verma MD, MPhil,&nbsp;Fahad Razak MD, MSc","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2680","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2680","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We aimed to describe the association between insertion of a new long-term enteral feeding tube during admission for aspiration and in-hospital mortality.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This retrospective cohort study across 28 Canadian hospitals from 2015 to 2022 included consecutive patients who were admitted for aspiration. Patients were categorized based on new long-term enteral feeding tube insertion during hospital stay or not. The primary outcome was the time to death in hospital. Secondary outcomes included time to discharge alive and hospital readmission for aspiration within 90 days. We used propensity score weighting to balance covariates, and a competing risk model to describe in-hospital death and discharge.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Of 12,850 patients admitted for aspiration, 852 (6.6%) patients received a long-term enteral feeding tube. In the hospital, 184 (21.6%) and 2489 (20.8%) patients in the enteral feeding tube group and no enteral feeding tube group died, respectively. Within 90 days of discharge, 127 (14.9%) and 1148 (9.6%) patients in the enteral feeding tube and no enteral feeding tube group were readmitted for aspiration, respectively. After balancing covariates, an enteral feeding tube was associated with a similar in-hospital mortality risk (subdistribution hazard ratio [sHR] = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.89–1.23; <i>P</i> = 0.5800), longer time to discharge alive (sHR = 0.58, 95% CI = 0.54–0.63; <i>P</i> &lt; 0.0001), and a higher risk of readmission (risk difference = 5.0%, 95% CI = 2.4%–7.6%; <i>P</i> = 0.0001).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Initiation of long-term enteral tube feeding was not uncommon after admission for aspiration and was not associated with an improvement in the probability of being discharged alive from the hospital or readmitted for aspiration.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"841-849"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpen.2680","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of parenteral lipids on essential fatty acid deficiency in pediatric intestinal failure: A retrospective cohort study","authors":"Parker Johnson PharmD,&nbsp;Victoria L. Phillips PharmD,&nbsp;Nathan Lamb PharmD,&nbsp;Kexin Guo MS,&nbsp;Lihui Zhao PhD,&nbsp;Katherine M. Brennan MSN,&nbsp;Joshua D. Prozialeck MD,&nbsp;Valeria C. Cohran MD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2678","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2678","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Pediatric patients with intestinal failure require long-term parenteral nutrition owing to impaired enteral nutrition absorption. A potential complication is essential fatty acid deficiency (EFAD), resulting from decreased linoleic and α-linolenic acid concentrations and defined by an increased triene:tetraene ratio (TTR; Mead acid:arachidonic acid). Historically, soybean oil lipid emulsion (SOLE) was the only commercially available parenteral lipid in the United States. Recently, a composite lipid emulsion (CLE) and fish oil lipid emulsion (FOLE) received US Food and Drug Administration approval. This study investigated whether lipid emulsion regimen impacts EFAD incidence in pediatric patients with intestinal failure.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study was a 10-year retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients with intestinal failure who received parenteral SOLE, CLE, or FOLE. The primary outcome was EFAD incidence, defined as a TTR ≥ 0.2. Secondary outcomes included TTR ≥ 0.05, cholestasis incidence, lipid dose effect on EFAD incidence, and fatty acid parameter differences.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 144 fatty acid profiles from 47 patients were reviewed. EFAD did not occur in any lipid emulsion group. There were no differences in the incidence of TTR ≥ 0.05 or cholestasis. The effect of dose could not be evaluated because of no EFAD incidence. Lastly, although each group had varied fatty acid parameters, none saw decreased essential fatty acid levels.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study found that, with close monitoring, the lipid emulsion regimen did not impact EFAD incidence. This suggests that FOLE and CLE do not increase EFAD risk compared with SOLE in pediatric patients with intestinal failure.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"793-801"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141902094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are minor burned patients really hypermetabolic?","authors":"Gilberto Fabian Hurtado-Torres MD, PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2676","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2676","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"776"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nutritional approach of patients with minor burns: A neglected aspect of burn care?","authors":"Anne-Françoise Rousseau MD, PhD,&nbsp;Marjorie Fadeur RD,&nbsp;Benoit Misset MD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2677","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2677","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"777"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating physiological barriers to oral intake in hospitalized patients: A secondary analysis","authors":"Elizabeth Viner Smith BND (Hons),&nbsp;Imre W. K. Kouw PhD,&nbsp;Matthew J. Summers MDiet,&nbsp;Rhea Louis BMedSc (Hons),&nbsp;Marianne J. Chapman PhD,&nbsp;Lee-anne S. Chapple PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2675","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2675","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Oral intake in hospitalized patients is frequently below estimated targets. Multiple physiological symptoms are proposed to impact oral intake, yet many have not been quantified objectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To describe the challenges of objectively measuring physiological nutrition-impacting symptoms in hospitalized patients.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A secondary analysis of data from a single-center, descriptive cohort study of physiological nutrition-impacting symptoms in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors and general medical patients was conducted. Demographic and clinical characteristics were extracted for patients who completed the original study and collected retrospectively for those who were screened and recruited but did not complete the original study. Reasons for patient exclusion from the original study were quantified from the screening database. Descriptive data are reported as mean ± SD, median [interquartile range], or number (percentage).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>ICU survivors and general medical patients were screened for inclusion in the original study between March 1 and December 23, 2021. Of the 644 patients screened, 97% did not complete the study, with 93% excluded at screening. Of the 266 ICU survivors and 398 general medical patients screened, 89% and 95% were excluded, respectively. Major exclusion criteria included the inability to follow commands or give informed consent (<i>n</i> = 155, 25%), the inability to consume the easy-to-chew and thin-fluid buffet meal, and imminent discharge (both, <i>n</i> = 120, 19%).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Understanding physiological factors that drive reduced oral intake in hospitalized patients is challenging. Exclusion criteria required to objectively quantify physiological nutrition-impacting symptoms significantly preclude participation and likely act as independent barriers to oral intake.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"833-840"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpen.2675","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characteristics of enteral and oral nutrition support among infants and young children in the pediatric intensive care unit: A descriptive cohort study","authors":"Jacinta Winderlich BNutDietet, MClinRes,&nbsp;Bridget Little BSc, PGDipDiet,&nbsp;Felix Oberender MCPCH, PhD, FCICM,&nbsp;Tessa Bollard BSc, MHSc (Nutr & Diet),&nbsp;Tamara Farrell BSc, PGradDipDiet,&nbsp;Samantha Jenkins BNutDietet,&nbsp;Emma Landorf BNutDietet (Hons),&nbsp;Andrea McCall BSc (Hons),&nbsp;Jessica Menzies BNutrDiet,&nbsp;Katie O'Brien BSc (Hons), MSc,&nbsp;Carla Rowe BNutDietet, MSc (Nutr & Diet),&nbsp;Kirsten Sim BSc, MDiet,&nbsp;Melanie van der Wilk BSc, PGradDipDiet,&nbsp;Jemma Woodgate BHlthSc (Nutr & Diet),&nbsp;Eldho Paul PhD,&nbsp;Andrew A. Udy FCICM, PhD,&nbsp;Emma J. Ridley BNutriDietet, PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2672","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2672","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Children who are critically ill are often reliant on enteral and oral nutrition support. However, there is limited evidence to guide “what” to prescribe, and current practice is unknown. The primary objective of this study was to describe enteral nutrition prescription in children ≤2 years of age in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The secondary objectives were to describe oral nutrition support practices and factors associated with the use of increased energy and protein density nutrition support.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Children ≤2 years of age admitted to participating PICUs over a 2-week period in June 2021 were enrolled. Data were collected on PICU admission days 1 to 7, 14, 21, and 28 on the mode of nutrition, enteral and oral nutrition support prescription, and dietitian intervention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Eighty-four children were included (49 [58%] male; 79 [94%] ≤1 year of age). Enteral nutrition was administered to 79 (94%) children (with expressed breast milk in 45 [57%]). Forty-three children received formula as enteral nutrition. Increased energy and protein density formulas were provided to 14 (33%) children enterally, with concentrated standard infant formula powder being the most common (5 [12%]). Among children offered oral intake (22; 26%), three (14%) received oral nutrition support. Children who received increased energy and protein density enteral nutrition were more likely to receive dietitian intervention (<i>P</i> = 0.002).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In children ≤2 years of age admitted to PICU, expressed breast milk was provided to half of those requiring enteral nutrition and oral nutrition support prescription was infrequent. One third of children receiving formula via enteral nutrition received an increased energy and protein density feed, and this was strongly associated with dietitian intervention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"803-809"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpen.2672","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141734358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between protein intake and functional capacity in critically ill patients: A retrospective cohort study","authors":"Fábio Araújo RD, MHS,&nbsp;Juan G. Posadas-Calleja MD, MSc,&nbsp;Maitreyi Raman MD, MSc,&nbsp;Maureen Tosh PT,&nbsp;Paul Wischmeyer MD,&nbsp;Priscilla Barreto RD,&nbsp;Chelsia Gillis RD, PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2673","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2673","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Intensive care unit (ICU) protein benchmarks are based on mortality and morbidity; whether these targets also support functional recovery is unknown. We assessed whether different protein doses influenced patients' functional capacity, measured by the Chelsea Physical Assessment score (CPAx).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Single-center retrospective cohort study on ICU survivors with length of stay ≥7 days admitted between October 2014 and September 2020. Eligible patients were divided according to protein intake (g/kg/day): <i>low</i> (&lt;0.8), <i>medium</i> (0.8–1.19), <i>high</i> (1.2–1.5), and <i>very high</i> (&gt;1.5). Protein dose effect on CPAx was assessed at ICU discharge with analysis of covariance adjusting for age, illness severity, hospital length of stay before ICU admission, time to start nutrition support, and mechanical ventilation duration. We also investigated effect modification by energy intake and nutrition status.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Enrolled patients (<i>n</i> = 531) were similar for age, nutrition status, and illness severity across groups. CPAxs were nonlinearly associated with protein doses and similar among <i>low</i>, <i>medium</i>, and <i>very high</i> groups. The CPAx for the <i>high</i> group was statistically different (<i>P</i> = 0.014), indicating that the data of three groups could be pooled. Mean CPAx difference remained statistically significant after adjusting for confounding variables (3.9 ± 1.8, <i>P</i> = 0.029 in the four-group model, and 2.7 ± 0.9, <i>P</i> = 0.003 in the pooled two-group model). Energy intake was equivalent between groups and did not modify CPAx. The <i>high</i> group had superior CPAx in both well-nourished and malnourished patients, indicating nutrition status was not an effect modifier.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Protein dose 1.2–1.5 g/kg/day was associated with superior functional capacity at ICU discharge compared with other doses. Neither energy intake nor nutrition status modified functional capacity across groups; therefore, the results appear to be influenced by 1.2–1.5 g/kg/day.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"850-860"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early nutritional influences on brain regions related to processing speed in children born preterm: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial","authors":"Nicole Bando PhD,&nbsp;Julie Sato PhD,&nbsp;Marlee M. Vandewouw MASc,&nbsp;Margot J. Taylor PhD,&nbsp;Christopher Tomlinson MB, ChB, PhD,&nbsp;Sharon Unger MD,&nbsp;Michelle R. Asbury PhD,&nbsp;Nicole Law PhD, CPsych,&nbsp;Helen M. Branson MBBS,&nbsp;Deborah L. O'Connor PhD, RD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2669","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2669","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Processing speed is a foundational skill supporting intelligence and executive function, areas often delayed in preterm-born children. The impact of early-life nutrition on gray matter facilitating processing speed for this vulnerable population is unknown.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Magnetic resonance imaging and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-IV Processing Speed Index were acquired in forty 5-year-old children born preterm with very low birth weight. Macronutrient (grams per kilogram per day) and mother's milk (percentage of feeds) intakes were prospectively collected in the first postnatal month and associations between early-life nutrition and the primary outcome of brain regions supporting processing speed were investigated.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Children had a mean (SD) gestational age of 27.8 (1.8) weeks and 45% were male. Macronutrient intakes were unrelated, but mother's milk was positively related, to greater volumes in brain regions, including total cortical gray matter, cingulate gyri, and occipital gyri.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>First postnatal month macronutrient intakes showed no association, but mother's milk was positively associated, with volumetric measures of total and regional cortical gray matter related to processing speed in preterm-born children. This exploratory analysis suggests early-life mother's milk supports processing speed by impacting structural underpinnings. Further research is needed on this potential strategy to improve preterm outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"778-786"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpen.2669","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141616657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"JPEN Journal Club 86. Trial registry misinformation","authors":"Ronald L. Koretz MD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2674","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2674","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"49 1","pages":"132-134"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of malnutrition and impact on 30-day hospital readmission in adults receiving home care and ambulatory care: A descriptive cohort study","authors":"Leila Goharian MSc, RD,&nbsp;Heather Keller PhD, RD,&nbsp;Sameer Desai PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpen.2670","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jpen.2670","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Little is known about the prevalence of malnutrition among patients receiving home care (HC) and ambulatory care (AC) services. Further, the risk of hospital readmission in malnourished patients transitioning from hospital to HC or AC is also not well established. This study aims to address these two gaps.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A descriptive cohort study of newly referred HC and AC patients between January and December 2019 was conducted. Nutrition status was assessed by clinicians using the Mini Nutritional Assessment–Short Form (MNA-SF). Prevalence of malnutrition and at risk of malnutrition (ARM) was calculated, and a log-binomial regression model was used to estimate the relative risk of hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge for those who were malnourished and referred from hospital.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 3704 MNA-SFs were returned, of which 2402 (65%) had complete data. The estimated prevalence of malnutrition and ARM among newly referred HC and AC patients was 21% (95% CI: 19%–22%) and 55% (95% CI: 53%–57%), respectively. The estimated risk of hospital readmission for malnourished patients was 2.7 times higher (95% CI: 1.9%–3.9%) and for ARM patients was 1.9 times higher (95% CI: 1.4%–2.8%) than that of patients with normal nutrition status.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The prevalence of malnutrition and ARM among HC and AC patients is high. Malnutrition and ARM are correlated with an increased risk of hospital readmission 30 days posthospital discharge.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16668,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition","volume":"48 7","pages":"810-817"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpen.2670","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}