Higher calorie prescription improves nutrient delivery during the first 5 days of enteral nutrition

Aims: It is unclear whether prescribing a higher amount of calories by enteral nutrition (EN) increases actual delivery. This prospective controlled study aimed at comparing the progression of EN of two study populations with different levels of calorie prescriptions, during the first 5 days of EN....

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2004-06, Vol.23 (3), p.307-315
Hauptverfasser: Genton, Laurence, Dupertuis, Yves M, Romand, Jacques-André, Simonet, Martine Louis, Jolliet, Philippe, Huber, Olivier, Kudsk, Kenneth A, Pichard, Claude
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Zusammenfassung:Aims: It is unclear whether prescribing a higher amount of calories by enteral nutrition (EN) increases actual delivery. This prospective controlled study aimed at comparing the progression of EN of two study populations with different levels of calorie prescriptions, during the first 5 days of EN. Methods: The daily calorie prescription of group 1 ( n=346) was 25 and 20 kcal/kg body weight for women
ISSN:0261-5614
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DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2003.07.006