SYMPOSIUM “SUPPLEMENTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION WITH/WITHOUT VITAMIN B1 IN MAINTENANCE THERAPY”

On May 11, 2024, Otsuka Vietnam Pharmaceutical Joint SCJ. coordinated with HCM Society for Parenteral Enteral Nutrition (HoSPEN) organized a symposium on the topic “Supplemental parenteral nutrition with/without Vitamin B1 in maintenance therapy”. A/Prof. Nguyen Tan Cuong, MD. PhD. – Senior Consultant in Surgery – Vinmec Hospital and Luu Ngan Tam, MD. PhD. – Head of Nutrition Department, Cho Ray Hospital co-chaired the symposium. The presenters are leading medical experts from Vietnam and Japan. The symposium took place on-site and online with the participation of more than 200 health care professionals nationwide.

Health care professionals at the symposium

Speaking at the opening, Mr. Miyauchi Yuji – General Director of Otsuka Vietnam expressed his honor to always accompany Vietnamese health care professionals and hoped that the symposium would bring practical values ​​in clinical nutrition practice.

Mr Miyauchi Yuji – Welcome speech

According to A/Prof. Nguyen Tan Cuong, MD. PhD., during the treatment process, many patients died not from the disease but from exhaustion and nutritional deficiency. Malnutrition is a condition in which the body lacks basic nutrients (Protein, Glucid, Lipid), energy, vitamins and minerals. Especially, vitamin deficiency also causes patients to have various pathological manifestations, leading to many serious health consequences.

A/Prof. Nguyen Tan Cuong, MD. PhD. – Opening speech

At the symposium, information related to parenteral nutrition in clinical practice with the latest updates, especially the role of Vitamin B1 supplementation in inpatient treatment, was presented through two reports of A/Prof. Nguyen Thi Quy, MD. PhD. – Vice President of HCM Anesthesia and Resuscitation and Luu Ngan Tam MD. PhD. – Head of Nutrition Dept., Cho Ray Hospital, President of HoSPEN.

A/Prof. Nguyen Thi Quy, MD. PhD., presenting at the symposium

Luu Ngan Tam MD. PhD., presenting at the symposium

Also in the symposium, Prof. Ryoji Fukushima, MD. PhD. – Department of Surgery, Teikyo University, School of Medicine, Japan –  shared clinical cases using infusions containing Vitamin B1 in Japan. The report shows that, in patients with potential gastrointestinal surgery (paraclinical), Vitamin B1 deficiency is not uncommon. Vitamin B1 blood levels decreased after surgery and did not recover to normal levels even after continuing to take the medication. The report also emphasizes that adding Vitamin B1 to peripheral parenteral nutrition solutions is safe.

Prof. Ryoji Fukushima, MD. PhD., presenting at the symposium

Otsuka Vietnam is proud to offer many quality and safe Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Parenteral Nutrition products, bringing outstanding nutritional effects to many users. Otsuka Vietnam always wants to become the best partner in clinical nutrition in Vietnam.