IDDF2021-ABS-0005 Nutrition support team for intestinal failure patients on parenteral nutrition: improving macro-and-micronutrients intake

BackgroundA nutrition support team (NST) is a multidisciplinary team of physicians, pharmacists, nurses and dietitians, who are responsible for managing patients with complex nutritional needs. NST improves the quality of treatment, clinical outcomes and reduces costs by avoiding unnecessary treatments and simplifying the treatments used. This study reviewed the outcomes achieved after the implementation of an NST on a group of patients who were given parenteral nutrition (PN) at a local acute hospital.MethodsA total of 81 patient records were retrieved for service evaluation analysis. Among the subjects, 44 of the patients on PN who were seen by the NST from Apr 2017 – Jun 2019 were compared to the historical control of 37 patients on PN who have not received NST or dietitian intervention during the period from Mar 2016 – Mar 2017. Energy, protein, and micro-nutrients consumption adequacy were compared between the intervention and control groups. Patients without body weight and nutrition intake records were excluded. Independent t-test and chi-square test were used to compare the variables between both groups. A p-value of