STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF ENTERAL AND PARENTERAL NUTRITION ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF INPATIENTS / 营养学报

ABSTRACT

Objective:To compare the nutritional status of inpatients after enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN). Method: A multi-center survey of 1 142 inpatients from the Department of gastrointestinal surgery, thoracic surgery, gastroenterology, respiratory disease, neurology, neurosurgery and the intensive care unit of 6 general hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai was adopted in this study. Body weight (BW), haemoglobin (Hb) and serum albumin (sALB) were compared before and after EN or PN respectively. Results: BW, Hb and sALB all decreased after the nutritional support both in EN and PN groups, but only significantly in BW and sALB (BW -1.58?2.36 kg/m2 vs -2.09?2.66 kg/m2, P