TY - JOUR T1 - Home parenteral nutrition during palliative care: little benefit JF - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care JO - BMJ Support Palliat Care SP - e38 LP - e38 DO - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001736 VL - 9 IS - 4 AU - Jane Fletcher AU - Diane Woodham AU - Merceline Dera AU - Sheldon C Cooper Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/9/4/e38.abstract N2 - We read with interest the recent Cochrane review1 about home parenteral nutrition (HPN) in inoperable malignant bowel obstruction. They concluded it is uncertain if HPN improved length or quality of life. An evaluation of our own tertiary HPN service revealed similar outcomes in a small cohort of HPN palliative patients. Our aims were to evaluate patient selection and outcomes for palliative HPN and identify prognostic factors for future use. We retrospectively reviewed nutrition support team records from April 2015 to March 2017. Referred palliative patients identified as suitable for HPN were included. The service evaluation was registered with the Trust clinical audit department (registration number CARMS-14233) and findings were reported to the Trust strategic Nutrition and Hydration Steering Committee. Table 1 details key individual patient outcome data. Summarised results included four male and three female … ER -