Campos-Martín, CristinaGarcía-Torres, María DoloresCastillo-Martín, CristinaDomínguez-Rabadán, RocíoRabat-Restrepo, Juana María2023-02-082023-02-082019-10-24http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15422Patients who, during admission, begin to use enteral nutrition (EN) and do not recover adequate oral intake need proper planning prior to discharge. The present study is a descriptive analysis of patients discharged with EN from our hospital in 2018. In all, the study included 141 patients (50.3% male) with an average age of 76.18 ± 14 years with the most frequent reasons for enteral support being neurological disease (71.3%) and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and maxillofacial surgery (17.02%) (others accounted for 11.68%). In these two groups, differences were observed in both the average age (77 vs. 70.5 years) and sex of patients-mostly women (58%) in the first group and men (70%) in the second. Overall, the access routes used were nasogastric tube (76.4%), and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (18.4%); 67.1% of the episodes ended by 30 June, 60.6% of patients died (47% of neurological patients), and 39.3% patients recovered function of the oral passage (85% of surgical/head and neck tumor). The duration of support was as follows: 1-3 months, 32%; 6-12 months, 26.9%; more than 12 months, 18.5%. This indicated some frequent and clearly differentiated profiles in the patients studied, which may contribute to better care and support in order to maintain long-term treatment.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/dysphagiahead and neck tumorhome enteral nutritionnutritional supportstrokeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overEnteral NutritionFemaleGastrostomyHome Care ServicesHumansLong-Term CareMaleMiddle AgedPatient DischargeRetrospective StudiesTertiary Care Centersresearch article31653019open access10.3390/nu111125702072-6643PMC6893404https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/11/2570/pdf?version=1571914337https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6893404/pdf