Soluble fiber reduces the incidence of diarrhea in septic patients receiving total enteral nutrition: A prospective, double-blind, randomized, and controlled trial

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-305

  Spapen, H ^a   Diltoer, M ^a   Van Malderen, C ^a   Opdenacker, G ^a   Suys, E ^a   Huyghens, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Diarrhea; Fiber; Sepsis; Total enteral feeding

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; BENEFIBER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; FAT; GLUCOSE; GUAR GUM; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; LACTIC ACID; LACTOSE; LAXATIVE; LIVER ENZYME; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREA; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0034864002     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2001.0399     Document Type: Article

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