... of the clinical management pathway is unclear. Methods: We analyzed 154 patients who were randomly assigned to either an enteral or parenteral nutrition group after undergoing esophagectomy, compared the incidence of surgical complications, and evaluated the completion rate of the clinical pathway. In these 2...

...D.B.W. de Roy van Zuidewijn; T. Hendriks; T. Wobbes; B. de Man; H.H.M. de Boer The effects of parenteral nutrition on the healing of experimental ileal and colonic anastomoses constructed on the 3rd day of a 5-day cytostatics course were investigated. Intravenous saline alone already reduced weight...

...U. Wolters; H.W. Keller; R. Becker; P. Stickeler; M. Dahlmeyer; J.M. Müller The aim of parenteral nutrition in tumour patients is to offer an alternative nutritional support to the patient without accelerating the growth of the tumour. For this purpose we fed a total of 100 rats, divided into five...

...F. Kalfarentzos; J. Spiliotis; D. Christopoulos; D. Theoharis; D. Kalpaxis; M. Williams; J. Androulakis The possibility of intraperitoneal (IP) parenteral nutrition was suggested after the observation that glucose and amino acids pass from the peritoneal cavity into the systemic circulation. We...

... of Monoglyceryl Acetoacetate and Glucose as Parenteral Energy Substrate after Experimental Trauma O K. Kirvelä, J.A. Takala Department of Anaesthesiology, Turku University Central Hospital, and Leiras Research Laboratories, Turku, Finland Key Words. Ketones Parenteral nutrition Post-traumatic metabolism...

... enteral nutrition (TEN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) differ in their modulation of ghrelin production and their effects on cardiac function after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Methods: Rats received isocaloric parenteral or enteral nutrition through implanted vascular catheters or gastrostomy tubes...