Our organism functions with the nutrients we provide it with on a daily basis. There are moments in life when, for various reasons, we cannot take in enough food into our body, and this condition can worsen any disease situation or the corresponding treatment.
Proof of this are the countless situations that lead to hospitalization. It has been shown that at least 40% of hospitalized patients present some degree of malnutrition. It is therefore necessary to have tools that can quickly define the degree of malnutrition of the hospitalized patient.
There are other situations that must also be categorized. Among them: oncology patients and their treatments (radiotherapy, chemotherapy) present several instances in which decisions must be made to collaborate in the accompaniment in order to reduce the risks or complications of the therapy.
Pre and post-surgical patients, patients convalescing from chronic diseases, patients with swallowing disorders, chronic renal patients, chronic pulmonary diseases, intestinal disorders, cerebral accidents that compromise swallowing, among others.
The development of the Nutritional Support technique has been of utmost importance to help solve all these complications of normal nutrition.
The appearance of enteral formulas, the development of equipment (pumps) for the infusion of these liquid foods and the various devices (probes or tubes) to make possible the feeding by exception routes, have made these techniques a sophisticated tool that requires a lot of experience and a consolidated team.
More than 15 years ago there was an increase in the requirement to perform Nutritional Support at home. Qualified companies and trained professionals are needed to carry out these techniques in order to reduce hospitalization costs.
The continuous training process makes it possible to know and maintain the processes with a high quality of patient-centered care.
