• Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2009

    Cost analysis of two approaches to parenteral nutrition in critically ill children.

    • Thomas Gamsjäger, Lydia Brenner, Eva Schaden, Christian Sitzwohl, and Christian Weinstabl.
    • Department of Anesthesia, General Intensive Care and Pain Control Medical, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. thomas.gamsjaeger@meduniwien.ac.at
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2009 Mar 1; 10 (2): 163-5.

    ObjectiveIn pediatric intensive care, two approaches to parenteral nutrition are available: individualized admixtures or commercial standard solutions. Even though individualized admixtures can be tailored to sometimes highly intricate requirements, standard solutions are able to meet the demands of the majority of pediatric patients. To address the growing importance of costs in intensive care, we investigated whether relevant differences between individualized admixtures and standard solutions in terms of costs can be found.DesignRetrospective analysis.SettingUniversity-affiliated intensive care unit.PatientsFifty consecutively admitted pediatric patients requiring parenteral nutrition.InterventionsNone.Measurements And Main ResultsComparison of actual costs of individualized admixtures and theoretical costs of standard solutions. Mean actual costs of individualized admixtures of Euro 81.78 (+/- 16.33) per patient and day were significantly higher than the theoretical costs of standard solutions of Euro 61.21 (+/- 6.55). Cost differences increased with patients' body weights.ConclusionsParenteral nutrition with standard solutions offers the potential of a relevant cost reduction compared with individualized admixtures in critically ill children.

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