Review Article
Nutrition, Inflammation, and Acute Pancreatitis
Table 7
Pooled estimates and sensitivity analysis.
| Comparison |
Severity of acute pancreatitis | Feeding intolerance | Total infectious complications | Mortality | RR (95% CI) | | RR (95% CI) | | RR (95% CI) | |
| (Semi)-elemental versus polymeric | Mild or severe | 0.62 (0.10–3.97)* | 0.61 | 0.48 (0.06–3.76)* | 0.48 | 0.63 (0.04–9.86)* | 0.74 | Severe only | 2.26 (0.32–15.27)* | 0.41 | 0.23 (0.03–1.86)* | 0.25 | 0.89 (0.28–4.90)* | 0.12 |
| Fibre-enriched + probiotics versus fibre-enriched | Mild or severe | 0.69 (0.43–1.09)# | 0.11 | 0.71 (0.40–1.27)# | 0.25 | 0.85 (0.18–4.14)# | 0.85 | Severe only | 0.69 (0.43–1.09)# | 0.11 | 0.79 (0.40–1.56)# | 0.50 | 0.96 (0.12–7.83)# | 0.97 |
| Fibre-enriched + immunonutrition versus fibre-enriched | Mild or severe | 1.60 (0.31–8.29)# | 0.58 | 0.93 (0.36–2.40)# | 0.88 | 0.60 (0.10–3.55)# | 0.58 | Severe only | 1.60 (0.31–8.29) # | 0.58 | 0.93 (0.36–2.40) | 0.88 | 0.60 (0.10–3.55)# | 0.58 |
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Indirectly estimated RR and its 95% CI; #directly estimated RR and its 95% CI. CI: confidence interval; RR: relative risk.
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