[Importance of enteral nutrition support in necrotic hemorrhagic pancreatitis].
A clinical retrospec tive study was carried out on a series of 68 cases with acute pancreatitis, admitted in the General Surgery Department, Suceava County Hospital, between 2006-2009.


RESULTS
A number of 50 men (73.5%) and 18 women (26.5%), aged between 29 and 69 was studied. Enteral nutrition (EN) with naso-jejunal tube placed by endoscopy was used in 55.8% of cases; naso-gastric tube in 20 patients; total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in 10 patients (14.7%). Average duration of nutrition was 15.5 days. Pancreatic complications were observed in 7 patients (70%) from the TPN group comparatively with only 11 (18.9%) in the EN group. There were no significant differences in mortality but significant in hospital costs.


CONCLUSIONS
The EN support should be the preferred way of nutrition support in patients with acute pancreatitis, because it is associated with a lower incidence of infection and a reduced hospitalization.
Spitalul Judeţean de Urgenţe Sf. Ioan cel Nou Suceava Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi Facultatea de Medicină.
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Stănescu
Doina
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Irimescu
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Tiron
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Gorceag
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000191:economics; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome