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Early postoperative feeding with elemental diet.

British medical journal ·Vol. 1 ·No. 6159 ·1979-02-03 ·Pages 293-5

Sagar S, Harland P, Shields R

Abstract

The value of early postoperative feeding with an elemental diet was assessed in 30 patients after major gastrointestinal operations. The patients were allocated at random to conventional treatment (control group) or feeding with the elemental diet (ED group). The clinical and metabolic course of the 15 patients in the ED group was significantly better than that of the controls. Patients in the ED group lost less weight and had a shorter stay in hospital. Negative nitrogen balance was more pronounced in the control group throughout the seven postoperative days. Energy intake was higher in the ED group. Provided elemental feeding is used with caution, it may be given from the first postoperative day. Patients do better metabolically and require shorter stays in hospital.

MeSH Terms

Body Weight Clinical Trials as Topic Energy Intake Enteral Nutrition Female Food, Formulated Gastrointestinal Diseases/surgery Humans Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Nitrogen/metabolism Postoperative Care/methods Random Allocation

Chemicals

Nitrogen

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Sagar S

Harland P

Shields R

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Article Info

Journal

British medical journal

Abbr.

Br Med J

ISSN

0007-1447

DOI

10.1136/bmj.1.6159.293

Published

1979-02-03

Pages

293-5

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372673

PMCID

PMC1597649

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6159.293 PMC Full Text

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