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ArticleSichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition2024

[Examination of the Thermal Stability and Swallowing Safety of a Self-Developed Enteral Nutrition Thickening Agent].

Muxi Chen, Zhengyun Shang, Yi Cheng, Ke Li, Feixia Duan, Wen Hu

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Article in Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Muxi Chen( 610041) Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Zhengyun Shang( 610041) Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Yi Cheng( 610041) Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Ke Li( 610041) Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Feixia Duan( 610041) Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Wen Hu( 610041) Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To experimentally validate the effects of a self-developed heat-stable thickening agent on the textual characteristics of enteral nutrition solutions of standard concentration and its applicability in improving dysphagia. Methods: A gradient of different doses of the self-developed thickening agent (1.0 g, 1.5 g, 2.0 g, 2.5 g, and3.0 g) and three commonly used commercial thickeners were mixed with 23.391 g of a complete nutrition formula powder dissolved in 85 mL of purified water to prepare 100 mL standard concentration nutrition solutions. The textual parameters (cohesiveness, viscosity, thickness, and hardness) of these nutrition solutions were measured using a texture analyzer at various temperature gradients (20 ℃, 40 ℃, 60 ℃, and 80 ℃) to compare their thermal stability. A dysphagia rat model was created via epiglottectomy to explore the effects of the thickener on lung tissue damage scores and levels of inflammatory markers. The rats were divided into a test intervention group, a positive control group, a negative control group, and a blank control group (no surgery and normal feeding after fasting for one day), with 15 rats in each group. After fasting for one day post-surgery, the test intervention group was fed with the standard concentration nutrition solution thickened with the self-developed thickener, while the positive control group was given a standard concentration nutrition solution thickened with product 3, and the negative control group was fed a normal diet. All groups were fed for two weeks with food dyed with food-grade green dye. General conditions, body mass, and food intake were observed and recorded. After two weeks, abdominal aorta blood was collected, and heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney tissues were harvested and weighed to calculate the lung tissue organ coefficient. The organ conditions were evaluated using routine H&E staining, and lung damage was semi-quantitatively analyzed based on the Mikawa scoring criteria. Blood supernatants were collected to measure the total serum protein and albumin levels to determine the nutritional status of the rats. The expression of Results: Within the dosage range of 1.0 g to 3.0 g, the self-developed thickener in the test samples exhibited superior thermal stability in cohesiveness compared to the three commercially available thickeners, with a statistically significant difference ( Conclusion: The self-developed enteral nutrition thickening agent demonstrated excellent thermal stability and swallowing safety. Further research to explore its application in patients with dysphagia is warranted.

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Deglutition DisordersEnteral NutritionAnimalsDeglutitionHot TemperatureLungMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyViscosityComposite thickenerDysphagiaHeat stabilitySwallowing safetyTextual characteristics

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PMCPMC11211772

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