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 Category:
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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