ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: A clinical retrospec tive study was carried out on a series of 68 cases with acute pancreatitis, admitted in the General Surgery Department, Suceava County Hospital, between 2006-2009. RESULTS: A number of 50 men (73.5%) and 18 women (26.5%), aged between 29 and 69 was studied. Enteral nutrition (EN) with naso-jejunal tube placed by endoscopy was used in 55.8% of cases; naso-gastric tube in 20 patients; total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in 10 patients (14.7%). Average duration of nutrition was 15.5 days. Pancreatic complications were observed in 7 patients (70%) from the TPN group comparatively with only 11 (18.9%) in the EN group. There were no significant differences in mortality but significant in hospital costs. CONCLUSIONS: The EN support should be the preferred way of nutrition support in patients with acute pancreatitis, because it is associated with a lower incidence of infection and a reduced hospitalization.
