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BACKGROUND: Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) is used to prevent or correct malnutrition in outpatients. Due to the complexity of this process, the indication, follow-up, and results of an educational program of HEN patients was evaluated. METHODS: A prospective, observational, real-life, multicenter study was performed in 21 Spanish Hospital. Patients receiving HEN by nasogastric tube or ostomy were included. The following variables were collected: age, gender, HEN indication, type of formula, nutritional requirements, laboratory variables, complications, and quality standards of the educational program. To calculate the energy and protein requirements, the FAO/WHO/UNU formula was used considering the adjusted weight of the patients. All data were analyzed using SPSS.24. RESULTS: 414 patients were included. Most conditions diagnosed were neurodegenerative diseases (64.8%). 100 (25.3%) were diabetic. The mean weight was 59.3 ± 10.4 kg and BMI 22.6 ± 3.2. Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition was predominant at baseline (46.4%). Improvement in nutritional status at six months was recorded in more than 75% of patients (p < 0.05). Tolerance problems, diarrhea and abdominal distension fell between the 3- and 6-month visits (p < 0.05). Patients who received intermittent EN had fewer tolerance-related effects (OR 0.042; 95% CI 0.006-0.279) and less diarrhoea (OR 0.042; 95% CI 0.006-0.279). At the baseline and 6-month visits, compliance with the educational measures proposed by the prescriber was ≥ 99%. CONCLUSION: The nutritional assessment to prescribe individualized HEN to each patient, together with educational measures and training in the proper use of this treatment for both patients and trainers, improves nutritional status and reduces the onset of adverse events.
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Home Care Services , Malnutrition , Humans , Enteral Nutrition/adverse effects , Enteral Nutrition/methods , Prospective Studies , Nutritional Status , Malnutrition/prevention & control , Malnutrition/etiology , Diarrhea/etiologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: There is a prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), unknown DM and stress hyperglycemia among hospital patients, and the nutritional treatment is a key part of care, where carbohydrates (CH) intake is a controversial issue. There is also a discussion on the increase of prevalence for DM, obesity and metabolic disease with refined CH or sugar. OBJECTIVES: This review examines the recommendations from different scientific societies about the percentage of CH in the total calorie intake of the diabetic patient, the CH value in the glycemic index and glycemic load, the new CH included in enteral formulae and the association of refined CH with the high prevalence of DM and metabolic disease. METHODS: Systematic review of literature using the electronic scientific databases Pubmed, Science Direct, Scielo, Scopus and Medline. CONCLUSIONS: Scientific societies are flexible about the CH intake in the diet of diabetic patients, suggesting to customize it according to each metabolic profile. Using the glycemic index and glycemic load can provide an extra benefit in the postprandial glycemic control. The new diabetes-specific enteral formulae, with fructooligosaccharides, resistant maltodextrins and fructose-free show efficacy in improving the glycemic control, although more controlled and long-term studies are needed. There is still some controversy about the links between sugar intake and DM, obesity and metabolic disease, although this relationship would be more linked to an increase of the total calorie intake than to a specific nutrient.
Introducción: La diabetes mellitus (DM), la DM no conocida y la hiperglucemia de estrés en pacientes hospitalizados, es prevalente, y el tratamiento nutricional es una parte fundamental de su cuidado, siendo el aporte de hidratos de carbono (HC) uno de los aspectos controvertidos. Igualmente está a debate el incremento de la prevalencia de DM, obesidad y enfermedad metabólica con los HC refinados o azúcares. Objetivos: Esta revisión examina las recomendaciones de las distintas Sociedades Científicas en cuanto al porcentaje que los HC tienen que tener en el contenido calórico total de la dieta del diabético, el valor del índice y carga glucémica de los HC, los nuevos HC incluidos en las fórmulas enterales y la relación de los HC refinados con la alta prevalencia de DM y la enfermedad metabólica. Métodos: Revisión sistemática de la literatura usando las bases científicas electrónicas Pubmed, Science Direct, Scielo, Scopus y Medline. Conclusiones: Las Sociedades Científicas flexibilizan el aporte de HC en la dieta del diabético e indican individualizar la misma en función del perfil metabólico. El uso del índice y carga glucémica puede proporcionar un beneficio adicional en el control glucémico postprandial. Las nuevas fórmulas enterales específicas para diabetes, con fructooligosacáridos, maltodextrinas resistentes y sin fructosa son eficaces en mejorar el control glucémico, aunque necesitamos más estudios controlados y a largo plazo. Persiste controversia sobre la relación entre ingesta de azúcares y DM, obesidad y enfermedad metabólica, aunque la asociación estaría más relacionada con un aumento del aporte calórico total que con un nutriente específico.
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Diabetes Mellitus/etiology , Dietary Carbohydrates/adverse effects , Metabolic Diseases/etiology , Energy Intake , Humans , Nutritional Requirements , Obesity/etiologyABSTRACT
Introducción: La diabetes mellitus (DM), la DM no conocida y la hiperglucemia de estrés en pacientes hospitalizados, es prevalente, y el tratamiento nutricional es una parte fundamental de su cuidado, siendo el aporte de hidratos de carbono (HC) uno de los aspectos controvertidos. Igualmente está a debate el incremento de la prevalencia de DM, obesidad y enfermedad metabólica con los HC refinados o azúcares. Objetivos: Esta revisión examina las recomendaciones de las distintas Sociedades Científicas en cuanto al porcentaje que los HC tienen que tener en el contenido calórico total de la dieta del diabético, el valor del índice y carga glucémica de los HC, los nuevos HC incluidos en las fórmulas enterales y la relación de los HC refinados con la alta prevalencia de DM y la enfermedad metabólica. Métodos: Revisión sistemática de la literatura usando las bases científicas electrónicas Pubmed, Science Direct, Scielo, Scopus y Medline. Conclusiones: Las Sociedades Científicas flexibilizan el aporte de HC en la dieta del diabético e indican individualizar la misma en función del perfil metabólico. El uso del índice y carga glucémica puede proporcionar un beneficio adicional en el control glucémico postprandial. Las nuevas fórmulas enterales específicas para diabetes, con fructooligosacáridos, maltodextrinas resistentes y sin fructosa son eficaces en mejorar el control glucémico, aunque necesitamos más estudios controlados y a largo plazo. Persiste controversia sobre la relación entre ingesta de azúcares y DM, obesidad y enfermedad metabólica, aunque la asociación estaría más relacionada con un aumento del aporte calórico total que con un nutriente específico (AU)
Background: There is a prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), unknown DM and stress hyperglycemia among hospital patients, and the nutritional treatment is a key part of care, where carbohydrates (CH) intake is a controversial issue. There is also a discussion on the increase of prevalence for DM, obesity and metabolic disease with refined CH or sugar. Objectives: This review examines the recommendations from different scientific societies about the percentage of CH in the total calorie intake of the diabetic patient, the CH value in the glycemic index and glycemic load, the new CH included in enteral formulae and the association of refined CH with the high prevalence of DM and metabolic disease. Methods: Systematic review of literature using the electronic scientific databases Pubmed, Science Direct, Scielo, Scopus and Medline. Conclusions: Scientific societies are flexible about the CH intake in the diet of diabetic patients, suggesting to customize it according to each metabolic profile. Using the glycemic index and glycemic load can provide an extrabenefit in the postprandial glycemic control. The new diabetes-specific enteral formulae, with fructooligosaccharides, resistant maltodextrins and fructose-free show efficacy in improving the glycemic control, although more controlled and long-term studies are needed. There is still some controversy about the links between sugar intake and DM, obesity and metabolic disease, although this relationship would be more linked to an increase of the total calorie intake than to a specific nutrient (AU)
