Spread and Scale of the Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care Across Canada: Protocol for the Advancing Malnutrition Care Program.

Background: A high proportion of patients admitted to hospital are at nutritional risk or have malnutrition. However, this risk is often not identified at admission, which may result in longer hospital stays and increased likelihood of death. The Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC) was developed to provide clinicians with a standardized approach to prevent, detect, and treat malnutrition in hospital.

Quality improvement for parenteral nutrition in hospital: Applying a gap analysis to an electronic health record to review parenteral nutrition processing.

Background: In light of the complex and high-risk nature of parenteral nutrition (PN), reviewing PN processing steps is essential to minimize patient harm. The main steps include ordering, verification, compounding, and administration. Electronic health records (EHRs) have become increasingly utilized and can play a critical role in enhancing the safety of PN processin.

Real-world experience with glucagon-like peptide 2 analogues in patients with short bowel syndrome and chronic intestinal failure: Results from an international survey in expert intestinal failure centers.

Background And Aims: Glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) analogues are the first available disease-modifying treatments for patients with intestinal failure (IF) due to short bowel syndrome (SBS). Efficacy in terms of reduction of parenteral support (PS) has been demonstrated in multiple studies and real-world reports. However, it remains unclear how many patients are eligible to receive the treatment, when treatment is started after intestinal resection, how treatment efficacy is assessed outside of clinical trials, and how the treatment is modified in case of non-response or adverse events.

Surgical Recovery Through the Lens of Patients with Colorectal Disease: A Qualitative Study in an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Setting.

Background: As perioperative care shifts to a more patient-centered model, understanding needs and experiences of patients is vital. Gaining such insight can enhance the alignment of care with patient priorities, encouraging adherence to recovery-oriented interventions. We aimed to explore patient-defined recovery and the elements that modify the recovery process for patients with colorectal disease under enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) care.

Poor nutrition status associated with low patient satisfaction six months into treatment for head and neck/esophageal cancer treatment: A prospective multicenter cohort study.

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures have been associated with survival in oncology patients. Altered intake and malnutrition are common symptoms for patients treated for head and neck cancer and esophageal cancer (HNC/EC). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between patient-reported satisfaction with medical care and nutrition status.