Pharmaceutical care for nutritional support of one elderly patient complicated with chylous ascites after gastric cancer operation / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To explore the role of clinical pharmacists in the rational use of drugs by optimizing the interventions and conducting pharmaceutical care for nutritional support treatment of one elderly patient complicated with chylous ascites after gastric cancer operation. METHODS: Clinical pharmacist provided preoperative and postoperative pharmaceutical care for nutritional support treatment of one elderly patient with chylous ascites, including adjustment of preoperative nutritional support regimens, early postoperative nutritional support METHODS and nutritional support regimens when chylous ascites occurred. RESULTS: Elderly patients who have high nutritional risks can take standard enteral nutrition as oral nutrition supplement besides oral diet. The use of fat-free diet is an effective treatment means of chylous ascites. CONCLUSION: Involvement of clinical pharmacists in nutritional support treatment can help physicians develop safer and more effective individualized nutrition support regimens, reduce postoperative complications, and shorten hospital stay.