Early enteral feeding, compared with parenteral, reduces postoperative septic complications. The results of a meta-analysis.

FA, Moore; DV, Feliciano; RJ, Andrassy; AH, McArdle; FV, Booth; TB, Morgenstein-Wagner; JM Jr, Kellum; RE, Welling; EE, Moore

doi:10.1097/00000658-199208000-00008

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Early enteral feeding, compared with parenteral, reduces postoperative septic complications. The results of a meta-analysis.

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Authors:

Moore FA

Feliciano DV

Andrassy RJ

Abstract

This two-part meta-analysis combined data from eight prospective randomized trials designed to compare the nutritional efficacy of early enteral (TEN) and parenteral (TPN) nutrition in high-risk surgical patients. The combined data gave sufficient patient numbers (TEN, n = 118; TPN, n = 112) to adeq...

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