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Complications and Costs of Early Postoperative Parenteral Versus Enteral Nutrition in Trauma Patients
Author(s) -
Trice Shana,
Melnik George,
Page Carey P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/088453369701200303
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , enteral administration , intensive care medicine , randomized controlled trial , clinical trial , surgery
The objective of this paper is to compare the complications and costs of early postoperative parenteral and enteral nutrition in trauma patients. The research plan was to review the relevant prospective, randomized, clinical trials comparing parenteral with enteral nutrition in trauma patients. Data were pooled and analyzed for infectious and gastrointestinal complications reported in the trials. Economic costs were used to evaluate the therapeutic expense associated with each route of nutrition support. The results indicated that parenteral nutrition has greater infectious complications and greater associated therapeutic costs than enteral nutrition and thus should be used only in cases in which it is truly indicated.