Initial refeeding with a soft diet was better than a clear liquid diet for length of hospital stay in mild acute pancreatitis
E Sathiaraj
Ms E Sathiaraj, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India; esther.sathiaraj@gmail.com
QUESTION
In patients with mild acute pancreatitis, is resumption of oral feeding with a soft diet better than a clear liquid diet for reducing length of hospital stay?
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
{concealed}.*
Blinding:
blinded {patients and data analysts}.*
Follow-up period:
until hospital discharge.
Setting:
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, India.
Patients:
101 patients (mean age 38 y, 82% men) who had mild acute pancreatitis (absence of pancreatic necrosis, abscess and pseudocyst, organ dysfunction, hypotension [systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg], and hypoxaemia [oxygen saturation <90%]), were admitted to hospital with abdominal pain, and had amylase or lipase >3 times the upper limit of normal …
