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The Appropriate Initiation Of Parenteral Nutrition Per Aspen Criteria In A Community Hospital, Adrian Gavre, Hyeseung Kang, Dewayne Cross
The Appropriate Initiation Of Parenteral Nutrition Per Aspen Criteria In A Community Hospital, Adrian Gavre, Hyeseung Kang, Dewayne Cross
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Introduction
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) has published guidelines for the proper initiation of parenteral nutrition (PN) in order to safelyadminister PN.
Objective
The objective of this study is to determine the amount of PN orders that were appropriately initiated according to ASPEN guidelines within the WellStar North Fulton campus.
Methods
This study is a single-center, retrospective chart review over 30 months. The data was collected from Wellstar North Fulton Hospital patients from January 1st, 2019, to July 19th, 2021. The sample size is 115 patients. Appropriate initiation of PN was determined by analyzing how PN …