International Scholarly Research Notices / 2013 / Article / Tab 4 / Review Article
Nutrition, Inflammation, and Acute Pancreatitis Table 4 Safety and tolerance of nasogastric tube feeding.
Reference Total patients Troublesome diarrhoea
, (%) Tube removal
, (%) Gastric retention
, (%) Exacerbation of pain following feeding,
, (%) Achievement of nutritional goal Full tolerance of feeding
, (%)† Eatock et al. 2000 [76 ] 26 3 (11.5) 1 (3.8) 3 (11.5) 0 (0) Not stated 19 (73.1) Eatock et al. 2005 [58 ] 27 3 (11.1) 1 (3.7) 0 (0) 2 (7.4) 21 patients (78%) after 60 hours 23 (85.1) Kumar et al. 2006 [59 ] 16 4 (25) 1 (6.3) 0 (0) 1 (6.3) 16 patients (100%) by day 7* 11 (68.8) Eckerwall et al. 2006 [41 ] 23 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (13) Not stated 15 patients (66%) by day 7 20 (86.9) Singh et al. 2012 [64 ] 39 4 (10.4) 0 (0) 1 (2.5)
3 (7.7) Not stated 34 (85.6) Total 131 14 (10.7) 3 (2.3) 7 (5.3) 6 (4.5) N/A 107 (82.0)
Did not require temporary reduction, stoppage, or withdrawal of feeding; *six patients were supplemented by parenteral nutrition during the commencement of feeding. N/A: not available.