Effect of early enteral nutrition on critical care outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a comorbidity of ischemic stroke related to clinical outcomes. Early enteral nutrition (EEN; within 48 hours) reduces the incidence of infection and length of intensive care unit (ICU)/hospital stay. The relationship between EEN and critical care outcomes, including SAP, in patients with ischemic stroke has been insufficiently studied.

Methods

We recruited 499 patients in this retrospective observational study. We evaluated SAP incidence within 14 days from admission. Patients were divided into an EEN group and a late EN group (LEN; start later than EEN). We compared groups regarding background and length of ICU/hospital stay.

Results

EN was started within 48 hours in 236 patients. SAP was diagnosed in 94 patients (18.8%)

SUBMITTER: Mizuma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640982 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature