BACKGROUND Perioperative nutrition in patients with limited liver function after partial hepatic resection is still controversial. In particular, the significance of perioperative total enteral nutrition remains unresolved. The aim of this review is to investigate the impact of early postoperative total enteral nutrition on convalescence after partial liver resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS In...

HYPOTHESIS Immediate enteral feeding following major abdominal surgery reduces postoperative complications and mortality when compared with parenteral nutrition. DESIGN A prospective multicenter randomized trial. SETTING A university hospital department of digestive surgery. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS Two hundred forty-one malnourished patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between enteral nutrition discontinuation and outcome in general critically ill patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients admitted to a mixed intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital from May-August 2009 were screened for an indication for enteral nutrition. Patients were followed up until leaving the intensive care unit or a maximum of 28 day...

OBJECTIVE Recently, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the provision of nutrition support in the critical care setting have been developed. To validate these guidelines, we hypothesized that intensive care units whose practice, on average, was more consistent with the guidelines would have greater success in providing enteral nutrition. DESIGN Prospective observational study. S...

BACKGROUND The optimal treatment of acute Crohn's disease in children remains controversial. In adults, steroid therapy has been shown to be superior to exclusive enteral nutrition. However, enteral nutrition is effective at inducing a remission in many children with acute Crohn's disease. Steroid usage in children has been associated with adverse side effects, particularly with delayed growth ...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the compliance of septic patients' nutritional management with enteral nutrition guidelines for critically ill patients. METHODS Prospective cohort study with 92 septic patients, age ≥ 18 years, hospitalized in an intensive care unit, under enteral nutrition, evaluated according to enteral nutrition guidelines for critically ill patients, compliance with caloric and protein...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to review the facilities of early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients. DATA SOURCES Review articles as well as original papers are the main sources for this contribution. SELECTION CRITERIA Pathophysiologic conditions of intestinal substrate assimilation during hypermetabolism are described. The resulting consequences for enteral alimentatio...

background nutrition support and noticing the required goal calories in patients having critical conditions are essential aspects of medical care in preventing malnutrition in these patients. materials and methods this research is a clinical trial which was done on 60 children aging between 5 to 17 years old hospitalized in intensive care unit (icu) of shiraz’s namazee hospital, south west of i...

HEADINGS Electronic protocol. Enteral nutrition. Home care services. ABSTRACT Background: Informatics can help the development of home enteral nutrition therapy (HENT). By using an electronic protocol with an electronic database it is possible to organize, structure and manage, information. Aim: To develop an electronic protocol for data collection on treatment of patients with home enteral nut...

OBJECTIVES Different conditions require that critically ill patients to receive lower than prescribed enteral nutrition volumes, energy and protein. This study objective was to evaluate the prescribed versus administered enteral nutrition difference in adults admitted to an intensive care unit. METHODS In 2009, patients were followed for 30 days from the start of enteral nutrition to its disc...