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Effects of oral and nasal enteral nutrition supports for elderly
patients
- Bao Qinwen, Gong Chen, Liao Jingxian, Bai Xueling
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2022, 28(15):
2144-2149.
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-1245.2022.15.017
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Objective To compare the effects of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) and nasal
feeding nutrition (NF), including nasogastric tube nutrition (NGT) and
naso-jejunal tube nutrition (NJT), on nutritional support for elderly
hospitalized patients (≥ 80 years old). Methods One hundred and eight elderly patients admitted
to the Geriatric Department, Respiratory Department, Emergency Department,
Gastrointestinal Surgery Departmet, Hepatobiliary Surgery Departmet, Pepartment
Neurosurgery Department, and Critical Medicine Department of Lianyungang
Hospital, Jiangsu University from September 2018 to December 2021 were
selected. The support of enteral nutrition (EN) was analyzed. According to the
EN support methods, they were divided into an ONS group (50 cases, including 31
males and 19 females) and an NF group (58 cases, including 38 males and 20
females). The NF group included 40 cases in the NGT group and 18 cases in NJT
group. The patients were 80-98 years old. The average age was 85.7 in the ONS
group and 84.9 in the NF group. The EN support time was more than 14 days, and
the intake of the amount of calories and nitrogen was the same. The serum
prealbumin (PA), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), hemoglobin (Hb), and red
blood cell (RBC) counts, as well as inflammatory factors [C-reactive protein
(CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), procalcitonin (PCT), and tumor necrosis factor α
(TNF-α)] and the immune indicators [CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, immunoglobulin (Ig) G,
IgA, and IgM], were compared between the ONS group, the NGT group, and the NJT
group. The SPSS 18.0 software was used for the data analysis, t test and F test for the measurement data, and χ2 test for the counting data. If P≤0.05, there is a
statistical difference. Results There was no
statistical difference in protein nutritional status between the three groups
before EN support (P>0.05). After
EN support, the levels of serum PA, TP, and ALB significantly increased (all P<0.05), the levels of CRP, IL-6,
PCT, and TNF-α obviously decreased (all P<0.05),
but the Hb and RBC count did not increase significantly (all P>0.05) in all the 3 groups. The IgG,
IgA, IgM, CD3+, and CD4+ of the ONS group were higher than those of the NGT
group and the NJT group at the same time points (all P<0.05), and the CD8+ was lower than those of the NGT group and
the NJT group (both P<0.05).
Fourteen days after the treatment, the incidences of diarrhea (6%, 3/50),
reflux (8%, 4/50), and gastrointestinal bleeding (2%, 1/50) in the ONS group
were statistically different from those in the NGT group and the NJT group (all P<0.05); and the incidences of
vomiting (4%, 2/50) and recurrent pulmonary infection (4%, 2/50) in the ONS
group were statistically different from those in the NGT group at the same time
points (both P < 0.05), but were
not statistically different from those in the NJT group at the same time points
(both P > 0.05). Conclusions In the EN support of
elderly patients (≥ 80 years old), ONS
and NF supports can effectively improve their protein nutritional status, and
ONS has more significant effect. EN for elderly patients can significantly
alleviate the disease severity, improve the levels of inflammatory mediators
and oxidative stress, and reduce the incidence of complications, and has
definite effect.