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Objective To study the difference in occurrence of complications and health economics between early enteral nutrition (EN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in patients with alimentary tract carcinoma after surgical operation.Methods Totally,164 patients with alimentary tract carcinoma hospitalized at the Department of General Surgery in China-Japan Friendship Itospital,Beijing during September 2003 to December 2005 with nutritional intervention,84 cases with early EN and 80 with TPN within 24 to 48 hours after surgical operation,were reviewed.Nutrition index,complications,recovery of gastrointestinal movement,length of hospital stay after operation and total cost of the patients were analyzed. Results Serum level of prealbumin in EN group was (309?49) mg/L,significantly higher than that in TPN group of (277?46) mg/L (P
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Objective To evaluate the effects of nutritional education by "knowledge,attitude and behavior" on health improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes.Methods One hundred and sixteen patients with type 2 diabetes were selected with nutritional education intervention by "knowledge,attitude and behavior",and another 100 diabetic patients as control group with regular education for six months,to follow up their changes in awareness of diabetes-related nutritional knowledge and biochemical examinations. Results Ninety-eight patients in intervention group completed follow-up.Awareness of diabetes-related nutritional knowledge,intake of nutrients and indices of metabolism in intervention group were significantly different from those in control group,including serum level of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c(HbA1c)[(6.1 ?0.9)% vs.(7.7?2.3)%,t=6.421,P