Exclusive enteral nutrition is an effective yet often underused therapy for the induction of remission in pediatric Crohn disease. The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition formed the Enteral Nutrition Working Group to review the use of enteral nutrition therapy in pediatric Crohn disease. The group was composed of 5 pediatric gastroenterologists and 1...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of early enteral feeding on the outcome of critically ill medical patients whose hemodynamic condition is unstable. METHODS Prospectively collected data in a multi-institutional medical intensive care unit database were analyzed retrospectively. A total of 1174 patients were identified who required mechanical ventilation for more than 2 days and were treated ...

Background. A common site for neonatal intestinal obstruction is the duodenum. Delayed establishment of enteral nutritional autonomy continues to challenge surgeons and, since early institution of nutritional support is critical in postoperative newborns, identification of patients likely to require alternative nutritional support may improve their outcomes. Therefore, we aimed to investigate r...

Nutritional insult after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is complex and its nutritional management challenging. Enteral nutrition is cheaper and easier to provide than parenteral nutrition, but its tolerance and effectiveness in reversing nutritional depletion after BMT is poorly defined. Nutritional status, wellbeing, and nutritional biochemistry were prospectively assessed in 21 children (m...

The perceived health benefits of enteral feeding have placed increasing demands on endoscopists to acquire the expertise needed to establish enteral access, to monitor patients undergoing enteral feeding, and to manage the complications arising from the initial access procedure. In the setting of acute critical care, the provision of enteral feeding is seen as therapy that reduces systemic bact...

Objective: To investigate the effect of evaluation tables used in nursing work for control of enteral nutrition in children with severe burns. Methods: The enteral nutrition nursing assessment tables were designed for children who suffered from severe burns. The tables included a cover page and a daily assessment record consisting of two parts. Daily assessment record content covered the date o...

Abstract In preterm infants, enteral feeding is often delayed by hours to days after birth for fear of feeding intolerance due to immaturity, to avoid the accentuation of hypoxic/ischemic intestinal injury that might have been sustained in utero due to maternal risk factors such as pre-eclampsia, placental inusufficiency, or chorioamnionitis, or after birth due to the presence of cardio respira...

Objective To determine the effect of early enteral feeding on the outcome of critically ill medical patients whose hemodynamic condition is unstable. Methods Prospectively collected data in a multi-institutional medical intensive care unit database were analyzed retrospectively. A total of 1174 patients were identified who required mechanical ventilation for more than 2 days and were treated wi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of the technique of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in preventing the development of secondary infection and its influence on morbidity and mortality rates in multiple trauma patients with chest injuries requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation. DESIGN Prospective, double-blind, randomized study. SETTING A multidisciplinary res...

chylothorax is the most common cause of pleural effusion in neonates. it is usually idiopathic. neonatal chylothorax successfully respond to octreotide treatment and can reduce the duration of hospitalization. a number of therapeutic interventions have been used to reduce chyle production and promote resolution of a chylothorax. initial management typically includes restriction or temporary ces...