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ReviewFrontline gastroenterology2020

Jejunal feeding: when is it the right thing to do?

Peter Paine, Marie McMahon, Kirstine Farrer, Ross Overshott, Simon Lal

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontline gastroenterology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Review of nutrition management of pediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026
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  9. Recent Advances in the Management of Severe Gastrointestinal Dysmotility.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peter PaineDepartment of Gastroenterology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Salford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4131-9651
Marie McMahonDepartment of Gastroenterology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Salford, UK.
Kirstine FarrerDietetics, Salford Royal, Salford, UK.
Ross OvershottDepartment of Liaison Psychiatry, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Simon LalIntestinal Failure Unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust · GBGreater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Salford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decision to commence jejunal feeding in patients with structural abnormalities, which prevent oral or intragastric feeding, is usually straightforward. However, decisions surrounding the need for jejunal feeding can be more complex in individuals with no clear structural abnormality, but rather with foregut symptoms and pain-predominant presentations, suggesting a functional origin. This appears to be an increasing issue in polysymptomatic patients with multi-system involvement. We review the differential diagnosis together with the limitations of available functional clinical tests; symptomatic management options to avoid escalation where possible including for patients on opioids; tube feeding options where necessary; and an approach to weaning from established jejunal feeding in the context of a multidisciplinary approach to minimise iatrogenesis.

Indexed as

artificial nutrition supportenteral nutritionfunctional bowel disordergastroduodenal motilitygastroparesis

Identifiers

PMID32884631
PMCPMC7447283
OpenAlexW2991503255

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Registered trials

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