Home-based nutrition for dying patients carries hidden infection risk

A new study documents a serious safety problem: patients receiving intravenous nutrition at home during end-of-life care face dangerous bloodstream infections from their feeding catheters. The findings matter to hospital systems, insurers, and hospice operators weighing the costs and benefits of delivering palliative nutrition outside institutional settings.

Originaltitel: Catheter-related bloodstream infections in palliative care patients receiving parenteral nutrition by medical home care