Abstract PMO-074 table 1

Reason for referral	Total episodes	Percentage of total (%)	Outcome of NG feeding	Total episodes	Percentage of total (%)
Dysphagia	1689	62.2	Restart oral feeding	1272	46.9
Malnutrition	635	23.4	Died	1208	44.5
Post operative GI tract	266	9.8	Transferred out of area	157	5.8
Miscellaneous*	69	2.5	Discharged home on enteral feeding	74	2.7
Post operative non GI tract	42	1.5	Self discharged	2	0.1
Increased nutritional requirements	25	0.9	Missing data	2	0.1

*Miscellaneous includes missing data (19 and 0.7); intestinal obstruction (16 and 0.6); intestinal failure (8 and 0.3); malabsorption (4 and 0.2) and NG feed during the course of an episode of acute pancreatitis (22 and 0.8).