BACKGROUND This study evaluated the benefit of Bifidobacterium bifidum OLB6378 (B. bifidum) in very low-birthweight (VLBW) infants (birthweight <1500 g) for the acceleration of enteral feeding. METHODS A cluster-randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in 19 hospitals, divided into two groups: the B group (n = 10 hospitals; B. bifidum given to infants within 48 h of bi...

BACKGROUND Early start of enteral feeding is an established treatment strategy in intubated patients in intensive care since it reduces invasive bacterial infections and length of hospital stay. There is equipoise whether early enteral feeding is also beneficial in non-intubated patients with cerebral malaria in resource poor settings. We hypothesized that the risk of aspiration pneumonia might...

Background: This study aimed to assess Nursing Performance toward Enteral Feeding at Pediatric Critical Care Units. Subjects and methods: A descriptive was conducted pediatric critically care units (Pediatric Intensive Unit (PICU) – Neonatal Intensive (NICU) Emergency department) in the Children's Hospital affiliated Ain-Shams University Hospitals. Sampling: convenient sample composed o...

BACKGROUND The appropriate time to initiate enteral nutrition after the placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube has been an area of limited research. There are no sufficient randomised prospective controlled trials in the paediatric population comparing the safety and tolerance of early feeding (3 h) after PEG placement. In order to reduce the period of fasting, inadequate...

AIM The main objective of this study was to evaluate the association between prematurity and the time to achieve full enteral feeding in newborns with gastroschisis. The second objective was to analyze the associations between length of hospital stay and time to achieve full enteral feeding with mode of delivery, birth weight and surgical procedure. METHODS The medical records of newborns wit...

BACKGROUND Early enteral nutrition is recommended in cases of critical illness. It is unclear whether this recommendation is of most benefit to extremely ill patients. We aim to determine the association between illness severity and commencement of enteral feeding. METHODS One hundred and eight critically ill patients were grouped as "less severe" and "more severe" for this cross-sectional, r...

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 ...

Failure of feeding: Dementia; however, there is insufficient evidence to suggest that enteral tube feeding is beneficial in patients with advanced dementia [6] . There is presently no evidence to suggest long-term survival rates improve in patients with advanced dementia who undergo PEG placement for dysphagia [7] . Cystic fibrosis: PEG feeding is safe, efficacious and acceptable in children an...

After resective and reconstructive surgery in the gastrointestinal tract, oral feeding is traditionally avoided in order to minimize strain to the anastomoses and to reduce the inherent risks of the postoperatively impaired gastrointestinal motility. However, studies have given evidence that the small bowel recovers its ability to absorb nutrients almost immediately following surgery, even in t...

Enteral nutrition (EN) is safe and essential to overall patient outcomes especially for the critically ill therefore should be continued during ventilation in prone position as these patients by default tend most ill. The incidence of vomiting, increased gastric residual volume (GRV) ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) are not when compared feeding supine position. It important keep bed inver...