Clinical study of early enteral nutrition on prevention of stress ulcer in patients with severe craniocerebral brain injury / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of early enteral nutrition on stress ulcer in patients with severe craniocerebral injury.Methods 134 patients with severe craniocerebral injury were randomly divided into two groups,the early enteral nutrition group (the EEN group,69 cases) was given nasogastric intubation feeding after hospitalization or within 24 hours postoperation,the delayed enteral nutrition group (the DEN group,65 cases) was given nasogastric intubation feeding 24 hours postoperation.The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in two groups were compared.Results The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the EEN group was significantly lower than that of the DEN group.Conclusions Patients with severe brain injury should be given enteral nutrition as soon as possible to reduce the occurrence of stress ulcer and prevent upper gastrointestinal bleeding.