Comparison of enteral and parenteral nutrition support treatment for severe acute pancreatitis patients

Objective: To study the early clinical therapeutic effects of enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition in treating severe acute pancreatitis patients.Methods:A total of 80 patients with severe acute pancreatitis admitted from January 2010 to December 2011 were randomly divided into two groups including control group(TPN group) of 40 patients who were given conventional treatment and observation group(EN group) of 40 patients who had early placed nasal jejunum nutrition tube and transition to enteral nutrition after recovering of gastrointestinal function based oin conventional treatment.Nutrition status,clinical effect,hospital stays,expenses and complications before and after treatment were observed and compared.Results: In EN group,nutritional status,blood amylase recovery time,urine amylase recovery time,abdominal pain relief time,hospital stay length,hospital fees,mortality and complications were superior compared with TPN group(P 0.05).Conclusions:The enteral nutrition support therapy shows exact curative effects on severe acute pancreatitis but inducing little adverse reaction,which can effectively shorten hospital stays,cut hospitalization expenses and is superior to parenteral nutrition.