ArticleWorld journal of critical care medicine2017
Implementation of enteral feeding protocol in an intensive care unit: Before-and-after study.
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- Effect of an Integrated Early Enteral Nutrition Management Protocol on Nutritional Target Attainment in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study Guided by the MRC Framework.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Applying gastric residual volume as one of the indicators for enteral feeding intolerance: A scoping review.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Review
- Effects of ultrasound monitoring of gastric residual volume on feeding complications, caloric intake and prognosis of patients with severe mechanical ventilation.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Article
- [The clinical impact of implementation of a nutritional treatment protocol in critically ill adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection].Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion · 2023Article
- Nurses' Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors with Enteral Nutrition in Adult Intensive Care Units of Public Hospitals.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
- Application of intra-abdominal pressure monitoring in early enteral nutrition after abdominal surgery.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Optimal Nutritional Factors Influencing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Among Adult Patients with Critical Illnesses in an Intensive Care Unit.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
- Brazilian Nutritional Consensus in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Adults.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of enteral feeding protocol on clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: A before and after study.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
aimTo determine the effects of implementing an enteral feeding protocol on the nutritional delivery and outcomes of intensive care patients.
methodsAn uncontrolled, observational before-and-after study was performed in a tertiary mixed medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU). In 2013, a nurse-driven enteral feeding protocol was developed and implemented in the ICU. Nutrition and outcome-related data from patients who were treated in the study unit from 2011-2012 (the Before group) and 2014-2015 (the After group) were obtained from a local electronic database, the national Population Registry and the hospital's Infection Control Service. Data from adult patients, readmissions excluded, who were treated for at least 7 d in the study unit were analysed.
resultsIn total, 231 patients were enrolled in the Before and 249 in the After group. The groups were comparable regarding demographics, patient profile, and severity of illness. Fewer patients were mechanically ventilated on admission in the After group (86.7%
conclusionThe use of a nurse-driven feeding protocol improves the delivery of enteral nutrition in ICU patients without concomitant increases in gastrointestinal symptoms or intra-abdominal hypertension.
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