The Effects of Early Enteral Nutrition in Patients: A Role of Nutrition Support Team
Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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: 66-70, 2016.
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em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The study examined the effects of early enteral nutrition on the patients' length of stay in an intensive care unit (ICU), length of stay and mortality rate.METHODS:
A retrospective design was employed with a total of 461 patients (mean age=69.9±15.6 years; 253 males; 208 females). They were divided into two groups according to when they received enteral feeding an "early enteral nutrition" (EEN) group of 148 patients (32.1%) who received enteral feeding within 48 hours of their arrival at the hospital and a "delayed enteral nutrition" (DEN) group of 313 patients (67.9%) who received enteral feeding at some point after 48 hours of their arrival at the hospital. The EEN group and control group were similar in terms of age, sex, body mass index, and underlying diseases.RESULTS:
The EEN group's total length of stay in hospital was shorter (23.29±27.19 days) than that of the control group (36.74±32.24 days); the difference was significant (P<0.001). The EEN group also showed a shorter length of stay in the ICU (13.67±22.77 days) than the DEN group (17.46±21.02 days) and a lower mortality rate (17.6%) than the control group (18.8%), but these differences were not significant.CONCLUSION:
The study found that early enteral nutrition treatment reduced total length of stay in hospital significantly. The findings suggest that early enteral nutrition treatment plays an important role in the patients' recovery and prognosis.
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Assunto principal:
Prognóstico
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Mortalidade
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Nutrição Enteral
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Apoio Nutricional
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva
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Tempo de Internação
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
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