Investigation on the utilization of parenteral nutrition preparations in 12 Hospitals of Jiangsu

Objective To investigate the use of parenteral nutrition preparations in Jiangsu Province, and to provide reference for the standardized management of parenteral nutrition preparations. Methods 720 cases using parenteral nutrition preparations from January 2017 to June 2017 in the department of general surgery of 12 hospitals in Jiangsu province were selected. The rate of nutritional risk screening, the indications of parenteral nutrition, the way of infusion, the rationality and economy of the prescriptions were retrospectively evaluated. The calorie, amino acid content, non-protein calorie/nitrogen ratio, glycolipid ratio and cation concentration of the patients received total parenteral nutrition were calculated. Results The total costs of parenteral nutrition preparations of 720 cases were 1.614 1 millions, and 346 cases did not have the indications for parenteral nutrition. The results of prescription comment showed that only 16 patients were screened for nutritional risk by Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 tool at admission. 544 cases were intravenous dripped with amino acid and fat emulsion from peripheral vein. In the 176 total parenteral nutrition prescriptions, there were 39 non-protein calorie/nitrogen ratio cases, 15 glycolipid ratio cases, 69 cation concentration cases, 61 calorie cases and 32 amino acid content cases failing to comply with the recommendation of the guidelines. Only 31 total parenteral nutrition prescriptions were completely reasonable. Conclusion The costs of parenteral nutrition preparations used in hospitals of Jiangsu are high but the rate of rationality is low. Nutrition support team should be established to regulate the use of parenteral nutrition preparations and save medical resources. Key words: Parenteral nutrition; Nutritional Risk Screening 2002; Nutritional risk screening; Nutrition support team