background there is evidence that early enteral nutrition can improve clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of early enteral nutrition on clinical outcomes in medical patients admitted to the intensive care unit. materials and methods this prospective study was performed on 94 patients admitted to t...

introduction: the incidence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients is reported to be high. in particular, patients with esophageal cancer are prone to malnutrition, due to preoperative digestive system dysfunctions and short-term non-oral feeding postoperatively. selection of an appropriate method for feeding in the postoperative period is important in these patients.   materials and methods:...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and cost of enteral and parenteral feeding after total gastrectomy. DESIGN Prospective randomised open study. SETTING University hospital, Finland. SUBJECTS 29 patients undergoing curative total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. INTERVENTIONS 13 patients were given early enteral feeding by nasojejunal tube and 16 patients parenteral nutrition by central v...

Enteral feeding is a long established practice across pediatric and adult populations, to enhance nutritional intake and prevent malnutrition. Despite recognition of the importance of nutrition within the modern health agenda, evaluation of the efficacy of how such feeds are delivered is more limited. The accuracy, safety, and consistency with which enteral feed pump systems dispense nutritiona...

We address the problem of verifying planning domains as used in model-based planning, for example in space missions. We propose a methodology for testing flight rules of planning domains which is self-contained, in the sense that flight rules are verified using a planner and no external tools are required. We review and analyse coverage conditions for requirements-based testing, and we reason i...

conclusion determination of colonized bacteria in oropharynx of healthy children and relationship between them can be helpful to find the ways to interfere with their colonization and prevention of diseases due to them. materials and methods the colonized bacteria in oropharynx of 296 children between 2-6 years old from 7 day care centers of tehran were isolated and determined by specific diagn...

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 ...

Our objective was to determine the minimum enteral intake level necessary to increase the protein accretion rate (PAR) in the neonatal small intestine. Seven-day-old piglets received an equal total daily intake of an elemental diet, with different proportions given enterally (0, 10%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%). After 7 days, piglets were infused intravenously with [(2)H(3)]leucine for 6 h, a...

Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) is a common and serious complication in patients receiving enteral nutrition, making continuation of enteral nutrition difficult. Semi-solid enteral nutrients were developed to prevent feeding-related GER. Semi-solid enteral nutrients have high viscosity and, therefore, are typically administered through a large-diameter percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) t...

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...