Pharmaceutical care on a patient with critically acute kidney injury for nutrition support
TANG Wei-yan
QIN Kan
Abstract：One 75-year-old male patient was hospitalized for dysphagia and pain in the chest when eating, diagnosed as esophageal carcinoma. After admission, the patient received radical treatment of esophageal carcinoma. After operation, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) because of respiratory failure. Acute kidney injury (AKI) happened during treatment. The patient was diagnosed as AKI, esophageal carcinoma, sleep apnea syndrome, type 2 diabetes, pulmonary infection and respiratory failure. Anti-infection, nutrition support and intermittent hemodialysis were applied. Clinical pharmacist provided pharmaceutical care including the starting time of parenteral nutrition (PN), infusion regimen, adjusting the amount of amino acids, and observation of blood glucose, etc. Finally the patient was discharged from ICU with a good protein level and stable situation.
Keywords：Critically ill patientAcute kidney injuryNutrition supportPharmaceutical CareClinical pharmacist
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 88-90 )