Tolerability of Feeding with Nasogastral Tube in Critically Ill Patients

Czech version

Authors: J. Firment; M. Grochová; B. Bočev; A. Studená
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika anestéziológie a intenzívnej medicíny LF UPJŠ a FNsP Košice, prednosta MUDr. J. Firment
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., , 2001, č. 3, s. 130-133
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Overview

Authors have evaluated retrospectively 182 critically ill patients with total or supplemental enteral nutrition. They used this type of nutrition in79,9% patients hospitalised longer than 5 days. They found significant difference in early tolerability of enteral nutrition between survived (1,9 ± 1,2days) and deceased (2,4 ± 1,4 days) patients. Authors found similar difference in enteral energy intake 3rd – 5th day and every day in nitrogen intakebetween survived and deceased patients. The most frequent complication was high grade residual in stomach, which was in 36% of patients, i.e. 49%of all complications.

Key words:
enteral nutrition - complications

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