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Outcome of Patients Treated with Home Enteral Nutrition

From the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Home Artificial Nutrition Center, Archet Hospital, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice Cedex 3, France

Claire Raina, MD

From the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Home Artificial Nutrition Center, Archet Hospital, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice Cedex 3, France

Pascal Pugliese, MD

From the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Home Artificial Nutrition Center, Archet Hospital, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice Cedex 3, France

Isabelle Pouget, RD

From the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Home Artificial Nutrition Center, Archet Hospital, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice Cedex 3, France

Patrick Rampal, MD

From the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Home Artificial Nutrition Center, Archet Hospital, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice Cedex 3, France

Xavier Hébuterne, MD, PhD

From the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Home Artificial Nutrition Center, Archet Hospital, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice Cedex 3, France, hebutern{at}unice.fr

Background: The aims of this study were to prospectively analyze the 1-month mortality and long-term outcome of home enteral nutrition (HEN) patients in order to determine the benefits of this treatment. Methods: Between 1990 and 1996, 417 patients, aged 64 ± 25 years, were discharged on HEN and followed up until December 31, 1998, when outcome was assessed, which allowed us to determine survival probabilities and conditions associated with survival. Results: The mean duration of HEN was 242 ± 494 days, with a 24- to 103-month follow-up. Probabilities of being alive at 1 month, 1 year, and 5 years were 80%, 41.7%, and 25%, respectively. Factors associated with death were dementia, neurologic disease, head and neck cancer, AIDS, and age over 70 years. A total of 5.5% of patients remained dependent on HEN, 32.6% resumed full oral nutrition, 20.2% of patients died during the first month on HEN, and 35% died after more than 1 month on HEN (219 ± 257 days). A total of 6.7% of patients stopped HEN for other reasons. Conclusions: HEN provides well-tolerated long-term nutritional support in many patients. However, because of their likelihood of being old and the nature of the underlying disease, these patients as a group tend to have a modest prognosis. This calls for the determination of more accurate selection criteria, and the measurement of the impact of HEN on quality of life. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 25:203-209, 2001)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 4, 203-209 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607101025004203


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