Open AccessNasogastric or nasointestinal feeding in severe acute pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Matteo Piciucchi,
Elettra Merola,
Massimo Marignani,
Marianna Signoretti,
Roberto Valente,
Lucia Cocomello,
Flavia Baccini,
Francesco Panzuto,
Gabriele Capurso,
Gianfranco Delle Fave
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i29.3692
Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , parenteral nutrition , feeding tube , tolerability , gastroenterology , enteral administration , surgery , anesthesia , adverse effect
To assess the rate of spontaneous tube migration and to compare the effects of naso-gastric and naso-intestinal (NI) (beyond the ligament of Treitz) feeding in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).