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Parenteral Nutrition Complications in a Voluntary Hospital
Author(s) -
Jones Kenneth W.,
Seltzer Murray H.,
Slocum Bernadette A.,
CataldiBetcher Emma L.,
Goldberger David J.,
Wright Florine R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607184008004385
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , complication , medicine , intensive care medicine , turnover , emergency medicine , surgery , management , economics
A prospective study analyzing the complications in 307 patients who had specialized nutrition support administered by their private practitioners was performed and compared to other series in which a nutrition support service exclusively provided such care to patients. The mechanical complication rate of 4.6%, septic complication rate of 2.9%, and metabolic complication rate of 4.2% compared favorably with the reported literature. A new category of complications, the judgmental complication, is described and was 12.7% in the reported series. The Saint Barnabas Medical Center experience suggests that individual practitioners can satisfactorily administer intravenous specialized nutrition support if in fact an involved nutrition support service functions administratively and supportively in the background. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 8 :385–390, 1983)