The addition of fiber and the use of continuous infusion decrease the incidence of diarrhea in elderly tube-fed patients in medical wards of a general regional hospital: A controlled clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 901-905

  Shimoni, Zvi ^a   Averbuch, Yael ^a   Shir, Esther ^a   Gottshalk, Tzippi ^a   Kfir, Dalia ^a   Niven, Mark ^a   Moshkowitz, Menachem ^a   Froom, Paul ^b,c  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Maagan Michael   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continuous; Controlled clinical trial; Diarrhea; Fiber; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LIQUID FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TUBE FEEDING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSION PUMPS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349006173     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225662.23179.b6     Document Type: Article

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