Influence of sequential enteral nutrition on nutritional status and prognosis in patients with acute cerebral infarction / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the influence of the sequential enteral nutrition(SEN) on nutritional status and prognosis in patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI).Methods 80 ACI patients complicated with dysphagia were divided into SEN group and control group(40 cases in each group).In the first three days patients in SEN group were treated with nasal feeding short-peptide enteral nutrition[84~126(kJ/kg.d) ],than,which would be replaced with nasal feeding integral-protein enteral nutrition from the forth day.Patients in the control group were provided with ordinary fluid food by nasal feeding.Nutrition support for both groups was at last more than 10 d.In the 1 d,7 d and 14 d after treatment,data of both groups concerned with triceps skin fold(TSF),mean upper arm muscle circumference of triceps(MAMC),serum albumen(Alb),serum prealbum(PAB),heamoglobin(Hb),incidence of infectious complications,National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS) score and Barthel index(BI) were examined.Results Nutritional indexes(TSF,MAMC,Alb,PAB,Hb) in the SEN group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P