The use of polymeric liquid enteral diets for nutritional support in seriously ill or injured small animals: clinical results in 200 patients.
This prospective, multicenter study evaluated the use of four polymeric liquid enteral (PLE) diets manufactured for dogs and cats in 200 ill or injured patients. Polymeric liquid enteral diets were administered by free-choice feeding, syringe, or feeding tube for up to 208 days. Overall results indicated a 4.9% incidence of vomiting in dogs and a 7.9% incidence in cats; an 8.9% incidence of diarrhea in dogs and an 18.4% incidence in cats. Patients fed the PLE diets seven days or longer had an average increase in body weight of 1.4% in dogs, an average decrease in body weight of 3.8% in cats, increases in lymphocyte counts, and mild decreases in serum albumin.
Crowe
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Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency, and Critical Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53218, USA.
Devey
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Palmer
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Churchill
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D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D015994:Incidence; D018655:Lymphocyte Count / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011108:Polymers; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary
D001798:Blood Proteins; D011108:Polymers; D012709:Serum Albumin