The effect of early enteral nutrition on the prognosis of severe acute pancreatitis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of early enteral nutrition on prognosis of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) .Methods Fifty-eight patients with SAP were randomly divided into early enteral nutrition group (experimental group ,n=30) and total par-enteral nutrition(TPN) group(control group ,n=28) .The experimental group was feed by Nose-jejunum nutrition tube and the con-trol group were supported with TPN through central vena .Compared the differences in complication incidence rate ,infection rate , mortality rate ,length of hospital stay and costs between two groups .Results The incidence rate of complications ,infection rate , length of hospital stay and hospital costs in experimental group were lower than control group ,the difference was statistically sig-nificant(P0 .05) .Conclusion Early enteral nutrition support therapy can improve the nutritional status of patients with SAP ,re-duce the incidence of complications ,infection ,length of hospital stay and hospital costs .