• 作者：E. Doyle ; N. Simmance
• 关键词：Financial fragility ; Systemic risk ; Banking system
• 刊名：Nutrition
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：May 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：24
• 期：5
• 页码：508
• 全文大小：39 K

Results

HEN was prescribed for the following pathologies: 26.7 % neurovascular, 40.9 % neurodegenerative, 11.5 % head-neck cancer, 9.8 % abdominal cancer, 1.5 % head injury, 2.6 % congenital anomaly, 7.0 % other pathologies. Before commencement of enteral feeding an average of 22.9 % weight loss from past weight was observed across all indications for HEN. Mean incidence (cases/10⁶ inhabitants/year) and prevalence (cases/10⁶ inhabitants) were respectively 308.7 (range 80.7–355.6) and 379.8 (range 138.7–534.6). The median length of HEN was 196 days; only 7.9 % of patients resumed oral nutrition. The median survival rate was 9.1 months and resulted influenced by age (Odds ratio: 1.80; 95 % Confidence Interval: 1.19–2.72), sex (0.22; 0.08–0.59), and Karnofsky index (0.65; 0.43–0.97). Resumption of oral nutrition was influenced by age (0.50; 0.36–0.68), sex (2.50; 1.23–5.06), Karnofsky index (1.55; 1.15–2.10) and type of enteral access device (0.44; 0.26–0.76).

Conclusions

Efficient organisation means being able to look after a greater number of patients undergoing HEN, raising awareness regarding the nutritional treatment.