Early versus traditional postoperative feeding in patients undergoing resectional gastrointestinal surgery:a meta-analysis

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-487

  Osland, Emma ^a,b   Yunus, Rossita Mohamad ^b,c   Khan, Shahjahan ^b,c   Memon, Muhammed Ashra ^a,d,e,f  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early feeding; Hospitalization; Meta analysis; Patient outcome; Postoperative complications; Randomized controlledtrials; Resectional gastrointestinal surgery; Traditional feeding

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFECATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051879644     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607110385698     Document Type: Article

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