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Initial refeeding with a soft diet was better than a clear liquid diet for length of hospital stay in mild acute pancreatitis

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.12.1.22

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    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 …

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    • Source of funding: no external funding.