Malnutrition is a common problem in most patients admitted to the hospital, especially intensive care unit, so it requires energy. The prevalence of malnutrition units 78.1% developing countries and 50% developed countries, while as many 75% unit experience malnutrition. Medical nutrition therapy needed provide proper adequate improve patient's quality life. Enteral can be given within 48 hours...

Feeding very low birth weight (VLBW) or very preterm infants poses a unique challenge due to the immaturity of gastrointestinal tract. Early nutrition is crucial for improving optimal growth, long-term outcome and to decrease morbidities. The goal is to achieve a growth rate similar to fetal growth in utero. Trophic feeding (TF) of preterm infants was introduced in the late 1980s in an attempt ...

Methods Setting: A quantitative retrospective audit was carried out over 4 months. The medical charts and dietetic record cards of patients with raised blood glucose levels (defined as ≥8mmol/L) who were receiving enteral nutrition in Beaumont Hospital were collected by the department of Nutrition and Dietetics during the months of May to August. Patients: Medical charts and dietetic record car...

INTRODUCTION Enteral nutrition (EN) provides calories, macronutrients and micronutrients in adequate quantity and quality to meet the patient's needs. Some drugs when crushed and diluted may have their properties altered, including the reduction of bioavailability causing the reduction of the serum concentration of the drug; tube obstruction; drug-drug interaction or drug-nutrient interaction. ...

Nutrition in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is an important part of treatment protocol. A detailed study published guidelines necessary to prevent pre-operative malnutrition and sustain peri-operative nutrition such patients. In this review, we discuss propose recommendations based on established suit the Indian population with different GI cancers (gastric, esophageal, pancreatic, colorectal hep...

OBJECTIVE Bacterial Translocation (BT) from the gastrointestinal system is at the center of current sepsis theories. In patients with obstructive jaundice, the absence of intraluminal bile flow causes some alterations and mucosal damage in the gut. In the present study, it was aimed to investigate the effects on BT of high-fat enteral nutrition in bile duct ligated rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS ...

OBJECTIVE Stress ulcers occur frequently in neurosurgical intensive care patients and can pose serious risks. We summarized the clinical experience of the combined application of nasointestinal tubes for early restoration of enteral nutrition and of nasogastric (NG) tubes for stress ulceration treatment in patients hospitalized in a neurosurgical intensive care unit. METHODS From January 2011...

AIMS The aim of this survey was to gain an overview of enteral nutrition practices and procedures of European adult intensive care units and to describe current trends. BACKGROUND Currently, little is known about nutritional practices in European intensive care units and whether they match existing guidelines. DESIGN Survey. METHODS A 51-item questionnaire about nutritional assessment and...

The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the need for additional enteral protein supplementation in preterm newborns with gestational age (GA) ≤32 weeks after full enteral feeds with either fortified breast milk (FBM) or preterm formula (PF) were reached, and to determine the effects of additional protein on physical and neurological development. After the standard early total parenter...