Percutaneous Duodenostomy — Alternative Route for Enteral Nutrition

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy for Enteral Nutrition

ESPEN guidelines on artificial enteral nutrition--percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).

Medical Department, Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus Kassel, 34121 Kassel, Germany Medical Department, AKH Wels, 4600 Wels, Austria GI Nutrition, Archet 2 Hospital, 06202 Nice, France Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Clinical Medicine, University ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy Department of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center,...

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Duodenostomy and Jejunostomy

Although enteral feeding by nasal gastric tube is popular for the patients who have a swallowing disability and require long-term nutritional support, but have intact gut, this tube sometimes causes aspiration pneumonia or esophageal ulcer. For these patients, conventional techniques for performance of a feeding gastrostomy made by surgical laparotomy have been used so far. However, these patie...

Nutritional Prescription of Enteral Nutrition: Enhanced Dose of Enteral Nutrition

2015 Recommendation: Based on 1 level 1 study, 3 level 2 studies and 2 cluster randomized controlled trials, when starting enteral nutrition in critically ill patients, strategies to optimize delivery of nutrients (starting at target rate, volume-based feeding strategies, higher threshold of gastric residual volumes, use of prokinetics, concentrated feeding solutions and small bowel feedings) s...

Early enteral nutrition versus delayed enteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis

BACKGROUND Whether early enteral nutrition (EEN) administration is more beneficial than delayed enteral nutrition (DEN) for patients with acute pancreatitis remains controversial. METHODS This meta-analysis aimed to pool all relevant articles to evaluate the effects of EEN within 48 hours versus DEN beyond 48 hours on the clinical outcomes of patients with acute pancreatitis. We searched PubM...