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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.123, No.3, p.214–217, 2022

Title: Effects of enteral nutrition semi-curing feeding on nutritional diarrhoea improvement in the patients with severe stroke
Author: Zhen-Zhu MAO, Fang-Ting XIONG, Min HU, Zhuo FU

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: The present study aims to explore the effects of enteral nutrition (EN) semi-curing feeding on nutritional diarrhoea in the patients with stroke.
METHODS: The patients admitted to the neurological intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital with stroke- and EN-related diarrhoea between May 2019 and October 2020 were included in the study. The 60 patients, who met the inclusion criteria were divided into the two groups (30 patients each), the experimental group (EN solution+probiotics+90 ml of pectin) and the control group (EN solution+probiotics), in accordance with the random number table method. The stool number, total stool amount, perineal skin score, and time required to achieve the nutritional target of each patient were recorded at admission and on days 1, 3, and 7 of pectin intervention. The lymphocyte count and the haemoglobin, serum pre-albumin (PA), and total cholesterol (TC) levels were measured in order to assess the patients’ nutritional statuses.


RESULTS: The stool number and total stool amount on days 1 and 3 of pectin intervention in the experimental group were better than in the control group; the differences were statistically significant
(p <0.05). On day 7 of the intervention, the stool number, total stool amount, and perineal skin score had decreased in the experimental group; the differences were statistically significant, when compared to the control group (p <0.05). Furthermore, the PA levels increased, and TC levels decreased in the experimental group; the differences were statistically significant, when compared to the control group (p <0.05). On day 3 of the intervention, the PA levels in the experimental group were increased compared to the control group; the difference was statistically significant (p <0.05).
CONCLUSION: EN semi-curing feeding could improve EN-related diarrhoea and nutritional status levels in patients with stroke (Tab. 3, Ref. 9).



Keywords: severe stroke, pectin, enteral nutrition, diarrhoea, semi-curing
Published online: 15-Feb-2022
Year: 2022, Volume: 123, Issue: 3 Page From: 214, Page To: 217
doi:10.4149/BLL_2022_035


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