Multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind study comparing the efficacy and gastrointestinal complications of early jejunal feeding with early gastric feeding in critically ill patients.
Crit Care Med
; 30(4): 796-800, 2002 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11940748
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the incidence of enteral nutrition-related gastrointestinal complications, the efficacy of diet administration, and the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in patients fed in the stomach or in the jejunum.DESIGN:
Prospective, randomized multicenter study.SETTING:
Intensive care units (ICUs) in 11 teaching hospitals. PATIENTS Critically ill patients who could receive early enteral nutrition more than 5 days.INTERVENTIONS:
Enteral nutrition was started in the first 36 hrs after admission. One group was fed with a nasogastric tube (GEN group) and the other in the jejunum through a dual-lumen nasogastrojejunal tube (JEN group). MEASUREMENTS AND MAINRESULTS:
Gastrointestinal complications were previously defined. The efficacy of diet administration was calculated using the volume ratio (expressed as the ratio between administered and prescribed volumes). Nosocomial pneumonia was defined according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's definitions. One hundred ten patients were included (GEN 51, JEN 50). Both groups were comparable in age, gender, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score. There were no differences in feeding duration, ICU length of stay, or mortality (43% vs. 38%). The JEN group had lesser gastrointestinal complications (57% vs. 24%, p <.001), mainly because of a lesser incidence of increased gastric residuals (49% vs. 2%, p <.001). Volume ratio was similar in both groups. A post hoc analysis showed that the JEN group had a higher volume ratio at day 7 than the GEN group (68% vs. 82%, p <.03) in patients from ICUs with previous experience in jejunal feeding. Both groups had a similar incidence of nosocomial pneumonia (40% vs. 32%).CONCLUSIONS:
Gastrointestinal complications are less frequent in ICU patients fed in the jejunum. Nevertheless, it seems to be a necessary learning curve to achieve better results with a postpyloric access. Early enteral nutrition using a nasojejunal route seems not to be an efficacious measure to decrease nosocomial pneumonia in critically ill patients.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Critical Illness
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Enteral Nutrition
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Crit Care Med
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain