Publication: The Practice Of Parenteral Nutrition In Malaysian Hospitals
| dc.contributor.author | Riyadh Abdullah Omar Albatani | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-24T07:10:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-24T07:10:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://erepo.usm.my/handle/123456789/19500 | |
| dc.subject | Practice Of Parenteral Nutrition | |
| dc.subject | Malaysian Hospitals | |
| dc.title | The Practice Of Parenteral Nutrition In Malaysian Hospitals | |
| dc.type | Resource Types::text::thesis::doctoral thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oairecerif.author.affiliation | Universiti Sains Malaysia |