Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report.
Nutritional support is vital in improving the clinical outcomes of the critically ill patients. Almost all published guidelines regarding nutritional support in the critically ill recommend the use of enteral nutrition over parenteral nutrition. In acute pancreatitis, trial of enteral feeding shoul...
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iium-112432017-04-06T08:32:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11243/ Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. Mat Nor, Mohd Basri R Medicine (General) Nutritional support is vital in improving the clinical outcomes of the critically ill patients. Almost all published guidelines regarding nutritional support in the critically ill recommend the use of enteral nutrition over parenteral nutrition. In acute pancreatitis, trial of enteral feeding should be given into the small bowel. The success rate of small bowel feeding tube is highest if inserted endoscopically. In this case report, a simple bedside procedure which did not require endoscopic feeding tube placement offered a good alternative. Self advancing small bowel feeding tube, Tiger tube was inserted successfully to provide nutritional support in moderately severe acute pancreatitis. International Islamic University Malaysia 2007-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11243/1/enteral_nutrition_in_intensive_care_tiger_tube.pdf Mat Nor, Mohd Basri (2007) Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 6 (1). ISSN 1823-4631 |
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Nutritional support is vital in improving the clinical outcomes of the critically ill patients. Almost all published guidelines regarding nutritional support in the
critically ill recommend the use of enteral nutrition over parenteral nutrition. In acute pancreatitis, trial of enteral feeding should be given into the small bowel. The
success rate of small bowel feeding tube is highest if inserted endoscopically. In this case report, a simple bedside procedure which did not require endoscopic
feeding tube placement offered a good alternative. Self advancing small bowel feeding tube, Tiger tube was inserted successfully to provide nutritional support in
moderately severe acute pancreatitis. |
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Mat Nor, Mohd Basri |
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Mat Nor, Mohd Basri |
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Mat Nor, Mohd Basri |
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Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. |
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Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. |
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Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. |
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Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. |
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Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care: 'Tiger Tube'-For Small Bowel Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis. Case Report. |
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enteral nutrition in intensive care: 'tiger tube'-for small bowel feeding in acute pancreatitis. case report. |
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International Islamic University Malaysia |
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