Diarrhea in Critically Ill Patients: The Role of Enteral Feeding

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 913-923

  De Brito Ashurst, Ione ^a   Preiser, Jean Charles ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

critically ill; diarrhea; enteral feeding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOSE; METRONIDAZOLE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TOXIN; VANCOMYCIN; WHEY PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON ULCER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD ASPIRATION; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIQUID FECES; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCAR FORMATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; STERNOTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; WEANING; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELEMENTAL DIET; FAT INTAKE; INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES;

EID: 84982182021     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: 19412444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607116651758     Document Type: Article

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