Open AccessEnteral Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Karamitsios Nicholas,
Saltzman John R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01618.x
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , acute pancreatitis , medicine , pancreatitis , enteral administration , intensive care medicine , randomized controlled trial
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.