Nutrición enteral precoz en pacientes con gastrectomía total por cáncer

• Karin Papapietro V ^[1] ; Emma Díaz G ; Attila Csendes J ; Juan C Díaz J ; Patricio Burdiles P ; Fernando Maluenda G ; Italo Braghetto M ; José L Llanos B ; Sonia D'Acuña A ; Jaime Rappoport S
  1. [1] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 130, Nº. 10, 2002, págs. 1125-1130
• Idioma: español
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  • Early enteral nutrition in patients subjected to a total gastrectomy
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  • Background: Total parenteral nutrition has a high cost and frequency of complications. Enteral feeding is a feasible alternative that can be started early in the postoperative period. Aim: To assess digestive tolerance to early enteral feeding in cancer patients undergoing total gastrectomy and to compare early enteral feeding (EEF) with total parenteral nutrition plus enteral feeding (TPN+EF), initiated after overcoming postoperative ileus. Patients and methods: Subjects with a resectable gastric cancer were considered eligible for the study. During surgery a nasoenteral tube was placed and patients were prospectively randomized to EEF or TPN+EF. Digestive tolerance, effectiveness, complications and costs between both modalities of nutritional support were compared. Results: Twenty eight patients (15 male, aged 63±14 years old) were studied. Fourteen patients were randomized to EEF and 14 to TPN+EF. Diarrhea occurred in 14 and 29% of EEF and TPN+EF patients respectively, (p: NS). Patients with TPN+EF received an average of 28 Cal/kg/day and 1.1 g/kg/day proteins. Patients with EEF received an average of 29 Cal/kg/day and 0.8 g/kg/day proteins. At the eighth postoperative day, serum albumin was 3.9±0.7 and 3.2±0.5 g/dl in EEF and TPN+EF patients respectively (p <0.05), serum prealbumin was 16.9±5 and 12.3±4.3 mg/dl in EEF and TPN+EF patients respectively (p <0.05) and nitrogen balance was +2.4±1.5 and -1.6±0.6 g/24 h in EEF and TPN+EF patients respectively (p <0.05). Postoperative hyperglycemia was observed with a lower frequency and nutritional support costs and length of hospital stay were significantly lower in the EEF group. Conclusions: After total gastrectomy EEF is well tolerated, safe and effective, even during the early postoperative ileus. This therapeutic modality could be the first choice for nutritional support in these patients (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 1125-30)