ABSTRACT
Acute pancreatitis is a common and potentially severe disease where nutritional support does affect its development in a way it may be considered a treatment in severe cases. These include around 20% of patients and present mortality rates of 8%-39%. In mild acute pancreatitis patients are prescribed nil per os at admission and advance diet in a progressive manner the following days. Although early introduction of diet has proven to shorten the length of stay, it is still not clear when and how to introduce diet. Severe disease is a hypercatabolic situation which often appears in already malnourished patients. Early enteral nutrition has shown a significative benefit over parenteral nutrition in terms of infection rates, hyperglycemia and mortality rates. This benefit may be related to a decrease in bacterial intestinal translocation. Nasoyeyunal tube feeding is the preferred site, but there are trials supporting nasogastric tubes, a more feasible election. The following lines offer an up to date review of nutritional management in acute pancreatitis, trying to answer in a clear and practical way to the most frequent problems arising in the day to day management of this disease.
Subject(s)
Nutritional Support , Pancreatitis/diet therapy , Enteral Nutrition , Humans , Length of Stay , Pancreatitis/mortality , Pancreatitis/therapy , Parenteral NutritionABSTRACT
La pancreatitis aguda es una patología frecuente y potencialmente grave en la que el manejo nutricional influye de manera importante en su desarrollo, de tal forma que se puede considerar un tratamiento específico en los casos graves. Éstos suponen aproximadamente el 20% de los pacientes y presentan una mortalidad entre el 8-39%. En los casos leves se suele proceder a un ingreso en dieta absoluta y posterior reintroducción progresiva de la dieta. Aunque se ha demostrado que una reintroducción temprana acorta la duración del ingreso, existe incertidumbre acerca del momento y del tipo de dieta idóneos. Las pancreatitis graves son estados hipercatabólicos que se presentan en pacientes que frecuentemente presentan déficits nutricionales basales. El soporte nutricional iniciado precozmente por vía enteral ha demostrado un beneficio significativo respecto a la vía parenteral en cuanto a tasa de infección, control de glucemia y mortalidad. Este beneficio puede relacionarse con una disminución de la traslocación bacteriana. Si bien tradicionalmente se ha empleado la vía nasoyeyunal, existen estudios que apoyan la vía nasogástrica, mucho más accesible. En el siguiente texto ofrecemos una revisión actualizada del manejo nutricional en la pancreatitis aguda, intentando responder de manera clara y con un enfoque práctico a las preguntas que más frecuentemente se presentan en el manejo de esta patología (AU)
Acute pancreatitis is a common and potentially severe disease where nutritional support does affect its development in a way it may be considered a treatment in severe cases. These include around 20% of patients and present mortality rates of 8%-39%. In mild acute pancreatitis patients are prescribed nil per os at admission and advance diet in a progressive manner the following days. Although early introduction of diet has proven to shorten the length of stay, it is still not clear when and how to introduce diet. Severe disease is a hypercatabolic situation which often appears in already malnourished patients. Early enteral nutrition has shown a significative benefit over parenteral nutrition in terms of infection rates, hyperglycemia and mortality rates. This benefit may be related to a decrease in bacterial intestinal translocation. Nasoyeyunal tube feeding is the preferred site, but there are trials supporting nasogastric tubes, a more feasible election. The following lines offer an up to date review of nutritional management in acute pancreatitis, trying to answer in a clear and practical way to the most frequent problems arising in the day to day management of this disease (AU)
