Severe acute pancreatitis: Clinical course and management

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2007; 13(38): 5043-5051
Published online Oct 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5043

Table 8 Severe acute pancreatitis-enteral feeding reduces infection in the need for surgical intervention

Benefits of enteral nutrition	Lower infections (P = 0.004)
	Reduced surgical interventions (P = 0.05)
	Reduced LHS-2.9 d (P < 0.001)
Differences	Hospital mortality (P = 0.3)
Differences	Non-infectious complications (P = 0.16)

LHS: Length of hospital stay. Enteral feeding vs parenteral nutrition, results of 6 RCTs, meta-analysis of 263 patients[81-86].

Citation: Beger HG, Rau BM. Severe acute pancreatitis: Clinical course and management. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(38): 5043-5051
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i38/5043.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5043