Rate My Professor Anisah Inayat Hussain

Anisah Inayat Hussain is a researcher affiliated with the Curtin University School of Population Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Additional affiliations include the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western Australia. Her profile appears in the ARDC Research Link Australia database with ORCID iD 0000-0002-0354-2441.

In 2023, Anisah Inayat-Hussain co-authored the publication 'Peripheral parenteral nutrition: An evaluation of its use, safety and cost implications in a tertiary hospital setting' in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN (volume 56, pages 215-221, DOI 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.05.020). The prospective observational study, conducted over 15 months at an Australian tertiary hospital, enrolled 139 patients (62.6% male, median age 62 years, IQR 48-74). Most were emergency admissions (80.6%) managed by general surgical teams (84.2%), with 34.5% classified as malnourished by the Subjective Global Assessment tool. Median fasting duration before PPN initiation was 3 days (IQR 2-5), and PPN duration was 3 days (IQR 2-4). PPN met 61.6% of caloric requirements and 46.4% of protein needs on average. Progression to total parenteral nutrition occurred in 34.5% of cases. Complications were rare: phlebitis in 3.7%, extravasation in 1.1%, and no cases of septicaemia, even with 66.4% compliance to cannula management protocols. Estimated cost was AUD$187 per patient day, indicating PPN as a safe, tolerable short-term nutrition strategy for patients unable to receive enteral feeding.