[Enteral nutrition in the severely head injured patients].
Zhonghua Hu Li Za Zhi
; 31(8): 435-8, 1996 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9295496
ABSTRACT
This study evaluated the effect of modified element diet as early nutritional support in 20 severe head-injured patients. The study group (20 cases) was fed gastrically with the element diet of dextrin as glycogen by a nasal feeding tube, and the control group (20 cases) was nutritional supported with common method. The enteral nutrition (EN) was started within 5.0 +/- 2. 1 days post injury for study group versus 9.1 #+/- 4.6 days for control group (P < 0.05). The serum albumin levels of the study group rose in the third week post injury, the data of the forth week was slightly higher than that of the first week. In control group, the serum albumin levels reduced continuously within four weeks post injury. The serum glucose levels of the study group was significantly lower than that of the control group on the fifth day post injury (P < 0.05). 45% patients in the study group had diarrhea. This study showed that the modified element diet can be helpful for the early enteral nutrition and beneficial to improve the nutritional condition of the severe head-injured patients.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nutrición Enteral
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Traumatismos Craneocerebrales
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Zhonghua Hu Li Za Zhi
Año:
1996
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Article