Publication: The Practice Of Parenteral Nutrition In Malaysian Hospitals
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2008-06
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Riyadh Abdullah Omar Albatani
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Parenteral Nutrition (PN) has been practiced in Malaysian hospitals, since 1986. A survey compised of 41 questions on PN practice was developed to evaluate the practice of PN in Malaysian hospitals. The results show that PN services is practiced in 17.3% of Malaysian hospitals. 55.6% were practiced in tertiary hopitals and 44.6% were practiced in secondary hospital. The average number of PN preparations per day was lOi 11 in tertiary hospital and 4 ± 2 in secondary hospitals. PN solution were prepared by pharmacist in 88.9% of hospitals and by Pharmacist assisstants in 66.7% of hospitals. Nutritional support team (NST) existed in 33.3% hospitals while 88.9% have pharmacists participating in PN compounding and 66.7% used standard Patient Monitoring Forms. The second part of the study was a retrospective study on the outcome, complications and cost of PN services. The study was carried out at 4 teaching hospitals namely, Hospital Pulau Pinang (PPH), Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) and University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).
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Practice Of Parenteral Nutrition , Malaysian Hospitals