Effects of enteral nutrition on nutritional serum markers of 161 hospital patients: a preliminary analysis
Maisonneuve, N.; Raguso, C.A.; Gottraux, S.; Pichard, C. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2004 · Heft 2 · S. 1 bis 1
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Rationale: The amount of enteral nutrition (EN) delivered determines its efficacy. Nutritional and inflammatory markers were prospectively assessed according to the level of coverage of the nutritional needs after 5 days of EN. Method: The administration of EN (1 kcal/ml and 0.4g protein/ml) was increased by 500ml/day to cover nutritional needs: 1.1 x energy expenditure (Harris-Benedict). At baseline (D0) and after 5d of EN (D5), serum samples of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), albumin, transthyretin (TTR) and Insulin Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) were obtained. At D5, patients were divided according to the energy target ac…