This study was performed to investigate the status of neurosurgical tube-fed patients and to estimate nutritional assessment through biochemical measurements. The objective of this study was to improve the nutrition management of tube-fed patients.
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This study was performed to investigate the status of neurosurgical tube-fed patients and to estimate nutritional assessment through biochemical measurements. The objective of this study was to improve the nutrition management of tube-fed patients.
The current practices of tube feeding and enteral nutrition formulas for 95 persons at one hospital were examined by reviewing the patient's charts, and interviewing patients, nurses and their family members. The nutritional status by age, tube feeding duration, mental state, diagnosis and formula type was examined by nutrient intake and biochemical parameters that included GOT, GPT, total protein, serum albumin, BUN, creatinine, hemoglobin, and hematocrit.
The results are summarized as follows:
1. 57.9% of patients that received the formula showed neurological symptoms. Among the subjects, 55.7% had nervous system diseases due to senility. Most of the tube fed patients were hospitalized in the emergency room and while hospitalized, the status of their respiratory organs was abnormal. The method of tube-feeding was by Bolus injection, and the type of the tube was a 16--18 Fr. size silicone tube.
The daily intakes of tube-feeding were on average 1424 kcal for men and 1322 kcal for women. The injection volume averaged 332.7 ml and 45% of patients received more then 300ml per injection. The tube-feeding intake rate was 127.9 ml/min and 50% of subjects were received at the rate of 50-100 ml/min, and 10% at 200 ml/min.
2. According to biochemical observations on patients tube-fed due to old age diseases between the start of hospitalization and after tube feeding, total protein and serum albumin were decreased after tube feeding GOT and total protein were decreased in biochemical examinations on trauma tube-fed patients of after tube feeding. The longer the hospitalization, the more decreased were the biochemical parameters.