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Nutrición Hospitalaria
On-line version ISSN 1699-5198Print version ISSN 0212-1611
Abstract
SUAREZ-LLANOS, José Pablo and FUENTES-TUDANCA, Sergio. Experience with the management of patients requiring home enteral nutrition in routine clinical practice in Spain: the ECONES study. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2023, vol.40, n.5, pp.911-918. Epub Feb 05, 2024. ISSN 1699-5198. https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.04637.
Introduction:
enteral nutrition is an effective method for restoring the nutritional status in patients unable to eat or fulfil nutritional requirements orally.
Objectives:
the ECONES study aimed to describe the treatment of patients requiring home enteral nutrition (HEN) in routine practice and the experience of specialists with the high-protein hypercaloric formula 2.0 with fiber IS50 (HP/HC 2.0).
Methods:
Spanish specialists answered a 38-questions survey about their last six patients with HEN and their treatment with HP/HC 2.0 formula.
Results:
the formulas were chosen based on the patients' requirements. HP/HC 2.0 was administered in a mean of 31.5 % of patients, and for a mean of 42.2 % of those, it was selected since the beginning of treatment. According to 92.4 % of specialists, the HP/HC 2.0 was considered as adequate based on nutritional requirements. Among adverse reactions, specialists reported diarrhea, bloating and constipation. Specialists reported that caregivers (90.6 %) stated that HP/HC 2.0 was well tolerated by patients (90.6 %) and expressed comfort with the frequency (75.3 %) and administration time (82.9 %).
Conclusions:
according to the specialists, formulas are chosen based on patients' characteristics. Patients with high nutritional needs benefit from the HP/HC 2.0 formula as it allows volume restriction, presents few adverse events, and improves the quality of life of the patients.
Keywords : Enteral nutrition; Nutritional status; Enteral formula; High-protein; Quality of life.