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Nutrición Hospitalaria

versión On-line ISSN 1699-5198versión impresa ISSN 0212-1611

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BLANCO-RAMOS, Benjamín; LOPEZ-GARCIA, Baltasar  y  GOMEZ-BELLVERT, Nuria. Nutritional status and use of health resources following the implementation of a PEG tube nutrition program for neurological patients in home hospitalization. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2022, vol.39, n.3, pp.489-498.  Epub 17-Oct-2022. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.03813.

Objective:

the objective of this study was to demonstrate that implementation of enteral nutrition by gastrostomy tube by the Home Hospitalization Unit (HHU) in patients suffering from neurological diseases, significantly improves their nutritional status, both in terms of anthropometric and analytical parameters.

Methods:

data on admissions, days of hospital stay, emergency room visits and nutritional parameters were collected during the 6 months before and 6 months after placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in 100 patients from the UHD at General University Hospital in Elda (Alicante).

Results:

a total of 100 neurological patients were included in the study; 58 % of them were women and with a mean age (standard deviation, SD) of 78.3 (13.3) years, with 60 % of the patients being > 80 years. The monitoring and home treatment of these patients by the HHU of General University Hospital in Elda led to improvement in quality of life and nutritional parameters (weight, body mass index, proteins, albumin, prealbumin, creatinine, and hemoglobin), as well as a decrease in the number of complications derived from the nutritional management of patients at their home, and a significant reduction in number of admissions (90.27 %) and days of hospital stay (94.05 %), as well as of visits to emergency services (79.47 %), with a consequent reduction in healthcare costs.

Conclusions:

the implementation of a home-based monitoring program for patients with PEG by a HHU improves their nutritional status and reduces healthcare costs

Palabras clave : Gastrostomy; Malnutrition; Hospital-provided home care services; Enteral nutrition.

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