Effectiveness of enteral feeding protocol on clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: A before and after study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Enteral nutrition (EN) feeding protocol was proposed to have positive impact on critically ill patients. However, current studies showed conflicting results. The present study aimed to investigate whether enteral feeding protocol was able to improve clinical outcomes in critically ill patients.

Methods

A before (stage 1) and after (stage 2) interventional study was performed in 10 tertiary care hospitals. All patients expected to stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for over three days were potentially eligible. Clinical outcomes such as 28-day mortality, ICU length of stay, duration of mechanical ventilation (MV), and nosocomial infection were compared between the two stages.

Main results

A total of 410 patients were enrolled during the stud

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5542540 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature