Jpen Parenter Enter
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Jpen Parenter Enter · May 2011
The evolving role of post-ligament of Trietz nasojejunal feeding in enteral nutrition and the need for improved feeding tube design and placement methods.
Nutrition support is an important link in the chain of therapy for intensive care unit patients. The early institution of nutrition support significantly reduces the incidence of septic complications, reduces mortality, and shortens hospital stay. Unfortunately, impaired gastrointestinal function, particularly gastric atony, restricts the use of nasogastric enteral tube feeding, and the use of this route of administration in these patients can lead to regurgitation, aspiration, and the development of pneumonia. ⋯ Feeding tube design must incorporate a gastric aspiration port to overcome problems of gastroesophageal acid reflux, duodenogastric bile reflux, and increased gastric acid secretion, problems that occur during "downstream" jejunal feeding. Tube placement technique will need to be refined and patients will need to receive a predigested enteral diet. In postoperative surgical patients in the intensive care unit, there is also a need for a newly designed dual-purpose nasogastric tube capable initially of providing a means of undertaking gastric aspiration and decompression and subsequently a means of initiating nasogastric enteral feeding.
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Jpen Parenter Enter · Mar 2011
Multicenter StudyWhen early enteral feeding is not possible in critically ill patients: results of a multicenter observational study.
Early enteral nutrition (EN) is the preferred strategy for feeding the critically ill; however, it is not always possible to initiate EN within the recommended 24 to 48 hours. When these situations arise, controversy exists whether to start feeding early via the parenteral route or to delay feeding until EN can be provided. ⋯ The results suggest that initiating PN early, when it is not possible to feed enterally early, may improve provision of calories and protein but is not associated with better clinical outcomes compared with late EN or PN.
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Jpen Parenter Enter · Mar 2011
Glutamine restores myocardial cytochrome C oxidase activity and improves cardiac function during experimental sepsis.
Cardiac dysfunction occurs commonly in sepsis. Impaired mitochondrial function is a potential cause of sepsis-associated myocardial depression. Cytochrome oxidase (COX), the terminal oxidase of the electron transport chain, is inhibited in the septic heart. Glutamine (GLN) increases Krebs cycle intermediates and supports oxidative phosphorylation. Exogenous GLN has been shown to restore myocardial adenosine triphosphate levels and cardiac function following ischemia-reperfusion injury. The authors hypothesize that exogenous GLN will abrogate sepsis-induced myocardial COX inhibition and improve sepsis-associated myocardial depression. ⋯ The beneficial effects of GLN therapy during sepsis may be in part due to restoration of oxidative phosphorylation and abrogation of sepsis-associated myocardial depression.
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Jpen Parenter Enter · Mar 2011
Nutrition status and risk factors associated with length of hospital stay for surgical patients.
To diagnose the nutrition status of hospitalized patients and identify the risk factors associated with hospital length of stay (LOS). ⋯ LOS was associated with disease and nutrition status. Among the more common diseases, nutrition status according to the subjective approach determined the LOS for patients with DTD and nutrition status according to arm circumference determined the LOS for patients with neoplasms.
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Jpen Parenter Enter · Nov 2010
Multicenter StudyThe value of audit and feedback reports in improving nutrition therapy in the intensive care unit: a multicenter observational study.
The objective of this study was to determine whether auditing practice and providing feedback in the form of benchmarked site reports is an effective strategy to improve adherence to nutrition guidelines. ⋯ Audit and feedback reports are associated with improvement in some nutrition practices in many ICUs; however, the magnitude of these effects is quite modest. More research is needed to determine the optimal methods of using audit and feedback to improve quality of nutrition care.