Predictors of initial oral food challenge outcome in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome.

Background: There is a paucity of data on predictors of clinical history in oral food challenge (OFC) outcome for the initial diagnosis of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES).

Objective: This study aimed to identify predictors for the diagnosis of FPIES.

Methods: The study included patients who underwent OFC to diagnose FPIES from 2010 to 2021.

[Present Status and Problems of Management and Guidance for Visiting Pharmacy Service to In-home Patients by Hospital Pharmacists].

We conducted a survey of the background of 41 patients who received management and guidance from an in-home visiting pharmacy service and of the contents of support by the pharmacist, using patients' medical records from May 2016 to March 2017. Support comprised delivery of medicine to alleviate a burden to caregiver, suggesting medication, adjusting remaining medicines, and providing support during hospitalization. Out of 285 visits, there were 32 visits for which a medical fee could not be claimed.

[Contribution of hospital pharmacists for home parenteral nutrition--the case we were concerned with pharmaceutical management and support in mixing of injections].

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is a useful measure when cancer patients are hoping to have a transition from the hospital to a home medical care arrangement. A contribution of pharmacist performing HPN to a patient is to manage pharmaceuticals so that an appropriate medicine is used for not only the prescription design of the infusion solution but also to give a relaxation care. Based on the patient information record gathered by a home-visit nursing care program, we tried to study what pharmacists could do to help the patient after he was discharged.

[A contribution of the hospital pharmacy for home parenteral nutrition--utilization of a HPN report form].

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is a useful measure when terminal cancer patients are hoping to have a transition from the hospital to a home medical care arrangement. Our department has been supporting their family by mixing injections at our clean room. We created a HPN report form to check for an incompatibility of injections, and to prepare an infusion set by our department.