Nutrition, Inflammation, and Acute Pancreatitis

Table 1

Randomised controlled trials of total enteral versus total parenteral nutrition in patients with predicted severe acute pancreatitis.

Reference	Year	Setting	Patients (𝑛)		Allocation concealment	Reduction of infectious complications and mortality
			Enteral nutrition	Parenteral nutrition
Kalfarentzos et al. [70]	1997	Greece	18	20	Openlabel	Significantly lower rate of pancreatic infection in the total enteral nutrition group
Gupta et al. [43]	2003	UK	8	9	Openlabel	Non-significantly lower rate of pancreatic infection in the total enteral nutrition group
Louie et al. [71]	2005	Canada	10	18	Openlabel	Non-significantly lower rate of pancreatic infection in the total enteral nutrition group
Eckerwall et al. [41]	2006	Sweden	23	25	Openlabel	No significant difference in outcomes
Petrov et al. [72]	2006	Russia	35	34	Openlabel	Significantly lower rate of pancreatic infection and mortality in the total enteral nutrition group
Casas et al. [73]	2007	Spain	11	11	Openlabel	Non-significantly lower rate of pancreatic infection in the total enteral nutrition group
Doley et al. [74]	2008	India	25	25	Openlabel	No significant difference in the outcomes
Wu et al. [75]	2010	China	53	54	Openlabel	Significantly lower rate of pancreatic infection and mortality in the total enteral nutrition group