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Study of the clinical effects of postoperative parenteral nutrition in 15 horses
Author(s) -
Durham A. E.,
Phillips T. J.,
Walmsley J. P.,
Newton J. R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.153.16.493
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , adverse effect , gastric emptying , anastomosis , catheter , short bowel syndrome , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine , surgery , stomach
Several clinical variables were compared in two groups of 15 horses recovering from resection and anastomosis of a strangulated small intestine; 15 were treated with parenteral nutrition and 15 were starved routinely. There was some evidence that parenteral nutrition had a short‐lived adverse effect on both the catheter sites and gastric emptying, but there were no marked adverse clinical effects and no evidence of any improvement in the horses' condition.