Trial reportNutrients2017
Standard vs. Calorie-Dense Immune Nutrition in Haemodynamically Compromised Cardiac Patients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Energy-dense versus routine enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Early enteral nutrition in critically-ill patients.World journal of critical care medicine · 2025Review
- Development of machine learning models for mortality risk prediction after cardiac surgery.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2022Article
- Consumption of Nutrition Supplements Is Associated with Less Hypoglycemia during Admission-Results from the MENU Project.Nutrients · 2019Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of study was to test the hypothesis that early enteral nutrition (EN) with calorie-dense and protein rich enteral formula improves enteral energy and protein delivery in critically ill cardiac patients.
methodsProspective randomized pilot study of 40 ventilated adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with use of cardiopulmonary bypass receiving inotropic support postoperatively. Patients were to receive either standard isocaloric (1000 Kcal/L and 38 g/L protein) early EN (
resultsThe mean time to EN initiation was 27 ± 11 h. Early EN with the calorie-dense formula provided significantly more energy and protein enteral delivery on the 2nd, (
conclusionPresent findings support hypothesis that early EN using a calorie-dense and protein rich formula leads to better enteral energy and protein delivery and higher levels of short-lived serum proteins.
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