Effect of a bulk-forming cathartic on diarrhea in tube-fed patients.
Heart Lung
; 20(4): 409-13, 1991 Jul.
Article
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| ID: mdl-1906447
ABSTRACT
Diarrhea is a significant complication for the patient being tube-fed. The purpose of this study was to observe whether giving a bulk-forming cathartic to patients receiving enteral nutrition via nasogastric or nasoduodenal tube would result in firmer stools for these patients. Forty-nine patients in a large medical center were randomly assigned to either a control or an experimental group. During the 6-day study period 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of psyllium preparation was administered through the feeding tube three times a day. Data were analyzed by using the Mann-Whitney U test for nonparametric data. The hypothesis that giving a bulk-forming cathartic would lead to firmer stools was supported at an alpha level of less than 0.01. The results of this study suggest that use of a bulk-forming cathartic in tube-fed patients will significantly reduce the diarrhea associated with this type of feeding.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Métodos Terapêuticos e Terapias MTCI:
Terapias_biologicas
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Plantas_medicinales
Assunto principal:
Psyllium
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Nutrição Enteral
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Diarreia
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Heart Lung
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article