title: [Enteral nutrition support in severe surgical patients].
abstract: Enteral nutrition (EN) support was used in 88 patients with severe abdominal diseases, each with 2 to 7 (mean 3.8) surgical complications. Hospitalization ranged from 43 to 760 days (mean 122 days), during which the patients underwent 2 to 8 surgeries (mean 3.4). EN lasted for 9 to 409 days (mean 57.4 days), including TEN in 47 patients, TPN+EN in 12, and TEN transferring from TPN in 29, respectively. Patients' body weight, plasma proteins, and serum transferrin increased significantly by the end of EN support with the improvement starting from the second week. We conclude that EN should be used first in indicated patients.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital, Nanjing Unit of People's Liberation Army.
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authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011184:Postoperative Period