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ArticleNutrition journal2008

Postpyloric enteral nutrition in the critically ill child with shock: a prospective observational study.

Jesús López-Herce, Santiago Mencía, César Sánchez, Maria J Santiago, Amaya Bustinza, Dolores Vigil

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Article in Nutrition journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Risk Factors for Delayed Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Children.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2015
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  7. Complications of transpyloric nutrition in children.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2009
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jesús López-HercePediatric intensive care unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. pielvi@ya.com
Santiago Mencía
César Sánchez
Maria J Santiago
Amaya Bustinza
Dolores Vigil
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTolerance to enteral nutrition in the critically ill child with shock has not been studied. The purpose of the study was to analyze the characteristics of enteral nutrition and its tolerance in the critically ill child with shock and to compare this with non-shocked patients.

methodsA prospective, observational study was performed including critically ill children with shock who received postpyloric enteral nutrition (PEN). The type of nutrition used, its duration, tolerance, and gastrointestinal complications were assessed. The 65 children with shock who received PEN were compared with 461 non-shocked critically ill children who received PEN.

resultsSixty-five critically ill children with shock, aged between 21 days and 22 years, received PEN. 75.4% of patients with shock received PEN exclusively. The mean duration of the PEN was 25.2 days and the maximum calorie intake was 79.4 kcal/kg/day. Twenty patients with shock (30.7%) presented gastrointestinal complications, 10 (15.4%) abdominal distension and/or excessive gastric residue, 13 (20%) diarrhoea, 1 necrotising enterocolitis, and 1 duodenal perforation due to the postpyloric tube. The frequency of gastrointestinal complications was significantly higher than in the other 461 critically ill children (9.1%). PEN was suspended due to gastrointestinal complications in 6 patients with shock (9.2%). There were 18 deaths among the patients with shock and PEN (27.7%). In only one patient was the death related to complications of the nutrition.

conclusionAlthough most critically ill children with shock can tolerate postpyloric enteral nutrition, the incidence of gastrointestinal complications is higher in this group of patients than in other critically ill children.

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Critical IllnessAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolEnergy IntakeEnteral NutritionFemaleGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, PediatricMalePostoperative Complications

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PMID18237381
PMCPMC2262901
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