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ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2013

Nutritional support in patients following damage control laparotomy with an open abdomen.

V Bansal, R Coimbra

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Article in European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

V BansalDivision of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego Health Sciences, 200 West Arbor Drive, #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103, USA.
R CoimbraDivision of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego Health Sciences, 200 West Arbor Drive, #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103, USA. rcoimbra@ucsd.edu.
UC San Diego Health System · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDamage control laparotomy (DCL) and the open abdomen have been well accepted following either severe abdominal trauma or emergency surgical disease. As DCL is increasingly utilized as a therapeutic option, appropriate management of the post-DCL patient is important. Early caloric support by enteral nutrition (EN) in the critically ill patient improves wound healing and decreases septic complications, lung injury, and multi-system organ failure. However, following DCL, nutritional strategies can be challenging and, at times, even daunting.

conclusionsEven though limited data exist, the use of early EN following DCL seems safe, provided that the patient is not undergoing active resuscitation or the bowel is not in discontinuity. It is unknown as to whether EN in the open abdomen reduces septic complications, prevents enterocutaneous fistula (ECF), or alters the timing of definitive abdominal wall closure. Future investigation in a prospective manner may help elucidate these important questions.

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Damage control laparotomyEnteral nutritionOpen abdomen

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PMID26815230
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