Early enteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis - how beneficial is it?

Autor:	Rajesh Subramaniam, Vijai Raveendran, Shruthikamal Venkat
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Parenteral nutrition business.industry medicine Acute pancreatitis Intensive care medicine business medicine.disease
Zdroj:	International Surgery Journal. 8:3279
ISSN:	2349-2902 2349-3305
DOI:	10.18203/2349-2902.isj20214047
Popis:	Background: Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of pancreas and is one of the leading cause of acute abdomen requiring hospital admission. Nutritional support plays a crucial role in this hypercatabolic state in not only providing calories but also in preventing complications and decreasing recovery time.Methods: This prospective study was done among 120 patients with acute moderate and severe pancreatitis who got admitted in department of general surgery at Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India between 2018 and 2019.Results: 67 (55.8%) patients were in early enteral and 53 (44.2%) were in parenteral/delayed enteral group. Maximum number of patients were in 30-40 years age group. The mean of patient age was 40.33. Mean duration of hospital stay in enteral group was 7.06 and in parenteral/delayed enteral group it was 14.09 (p
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