The malnutrition clinic provides intensive nutritional care to undernourished patients. Typical patients include those suffering from short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, malabsorption, fistulas, radiation enteritis, bowel obstruction, ischemic bowel disease, and eating disorders. A physician nutrition specialist works closely with dietitians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists to offer nutrition assessment, individualized interventions and follow-up monitoring. Routine care and follow-up are offered for patients who require either home parenteral nutrition or home enteral nutrition support.
Appropriate management can positively impact patient outcome and facilitate cost savings.
Referrals can be made from primary care physicians or through contracts with home infusion companies or HMOs. We are the only academic facility in Middle Tennessee to offer a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses the very latest research advances for the management of malnutrition.