Enteral nutrition in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: Reasons for intolerance and medical management

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-8

  Tan, Min ^a   Zhu, Jing Ci ^a   Yin, Hua Hua ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

enteral nutrition; intolerance; management; reasons; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALVIMOPAN; CISAPRIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NALOXONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD POSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; TORSADE DES POINTES; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE;

EID: 79951719231     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.522745     Document Type: Review

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