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Improved Nutritional Management Reduces Length of Hospitalization in Intractable Diarrhea
Author(s) -
Smith Alice E.,
Powers Catherine A.,
CooperMeyer Roberta A.,
LloydStill John D.
Publication year - 1986
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 - 10.1177/0148607186010005479
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , enteral administration , diarrhea , protocol (science) , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Sixteen patients were managed by one of two specific refeeding protocols to compare the efficacy of two enteral formulas in the nutrition restoration of infants with intractable diarrhea (IDI). The protocols outlined specific nutritional therapy including transition from parenteral to enteral nutrition; concentration, volume, and steps of advancement of formulas. Patient progress was monitored daily. Average length of stay, number of days on parenteral nutrition support, and number of formula changes for the IDI protocol groups were compared with a retrospective chart audit group of 29 IDI patients. The protocol groups had substantially fewer days of parenteral nutrition support, significantly fewer formula changes (p < 0.01), and fewer days of hospitalization. The differences resulted in $14,750 of charges saved per protocol patient. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 10:479–481,1986)