Effect of Enteral Versus Parenteral Nutrition on Outcome of Medical Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Altintas, Neriman Defne; Aydin, Kadriye; Türkoğlu, Melda Aybar; Abbasoğlu, Osman; Topeli, Arzu

doi:10.1177/0884533611405790

Effect of Enteral Versus Parenteral Nutrition on Outcome of Medical Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Background: Early enteral nutrition (EN) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation commonly has been advocated, based mainly on studies conducted in mixed populations of trauma and surgery patients. In this study, ventilator‐associated pneumonia rates and outcomes were compared in mechanically…