Early enteral nutrition, provided within 24 h of injury or intensive care unit admission, significantly reduces mortality in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2018-2027

  Doig, Gordon S ^a,b   Heighes, Philippa T ^b   Simpson, Fiona ^b   Sweetman, Elizabeth A ^b   Davies, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Early enteral nutrition; Intensive care unit; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70949099097     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1664-4     Document Type: Review

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