title: Enteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis.
abstract: A recent prospective and randomized study comparing enteral nutrition with total parenteral nutrition has shown that enteral nutrition may be a cost-effective alternative to total parenteral nutrition in patients with acute pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karamitsios
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Saltzman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000628:therapy*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic