Evaluation of early enteral nutrition support in patients after gastrectomy

Objective To evaluate the efficiency and feasibility of early enteral nutrition support in patients after gastrectomy. Methods One hundred and seventy nine post-gastric-operative patients were randomly divided into parenteral nutrition (PN) and enteral nutrition (EN) groups. The nutrition support was isocalorie and isonitrogenic (per kilogram); patients in EN group were feed with Nutnson Fibre through feeding tube from the second day after operation, and PN group nutrition was total nutrition mixture from the first day after operation, The nutrition state, time of gastroenteral function recovery and the expenditure were analyzed after seven days. Results There were no significant differences in HB,TP,ALB,pre2A,ALT,BUN between two groups (P0.05). The T-BIL level was lower, the time of gastrenteral function recovery was shorter and the cost was less in EN group than those in PN group (P0.05, P0.05 and P0.01respectively). Conclusion Early renteral nutrition support provides a reliable and safe nutrition support methods for patients after gastrectomy.