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Review: enteral nutrition reduces infections, need for surgical intervention, and length of hospital stay more than parenteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.1.19

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    Marik PE, Zaloga GP. Meta-analysis of parenteral nutrition versus enteral nutrition in patients with acute pancreatitis. BMJ 2004;328:1407.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q What is the efficacy and safety of enteral nutrition (EN) compared with total parenteral nutrition (PN) for patients with acute pancreatitis (AP)?

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    Medline (1966 to January 2004), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; bibliographies of relevant studies; and experts in the field.

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared EN with PN in patients admitted to hospital with AP, and included ⩾1 of the outcomes listed below. Methodological quality of individual studies was assessed using the …

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    • For correspondence: Dr P E Marik, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. maripeccm.upmc.edu

    • Source of funding: no external funding.