ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the risk factors and prognostic effects of intolerance of early enteral nutrition after surgery for gastric cancer.Methods:The clinical data of 75 patients with gastric cancer who were admitted in the Shoukang hospital and received early enteral nutrition after surgery were retrospectively retrived and analyzed.Patients were divided into the tolerance group and the non-tolerance group according to whether the patients developed the symtoms of nausea,vomiting,abdominal pain,distention and diarrhea after early enteral nutrition.Results:51 patients (68％) showed enteral nutrition intolerance after early enteral nutrition postoperatively,whereas 24 (32％) were in the tolerance group.The activity time out of bed on the first postoperative day,the time of initiation of enteral nutrition,and nutrition pump were significantly different between two groups.Logistic analysis revealed that the activitity time and nutrition pump were independent favourable factors.Besides,patients with intolerance had longer time to exhaust and defecation,and postoperative hospital stay.Conclusion:Insufficient postoperative activity time and nonuse of nutrition pump are risk factors of intolerance of early enteral nutrition,which may slow the recovery of patients.