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KMID : 0869620110280040390
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Journal of Korean Society of Hospital Pharmacists
2011 Volume.28 No. 4 p.390 ~ p.395
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Evaluation of a Nutritional Support Team’s Impact on Treating Malnourished Patients
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Choe In
Kim Kwang-Joon
Moon Hong-Seop
Lee Won-Jae
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Abstract
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Many studies have shown that malnourished patients face increased risks of complications and prolonged hospital visits compared with subjects who are not malnourished. Therefore, it is essential to support adequate nutrition delivery to malnourished patients. A Nutritional Support Team(NST) can identify malnourished patients and support adequate nutrition
solutions. NSTs are multi-disciplinary networks that include a patient’s physician, pharmacist, dietitian, and nurse. Our team devised an improvement activity plan to enhance the Nutritional Support Team at Chosun University Hospital from January to September 2011. To investigate the effect of our efforts, we retrospectively surveyed the electronic medical records of patients consulted by the Chosun NST. These patients experienced an increase in calories dministered and improved overall nutritional health. Improved delivery operations from the Chosun NST remain to be devised to address unsatisfactory results for consulted patients from the Intensive Care and Newborn Units.
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KEYWORD
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nutritional support team(NST), improvement activity, retrospective survey
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