| Title |
Gastrointestinal obstruction caused by solidification and coagulation of enteral nutrition: pathogenetic mechanisms and potential risk factors
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Medical Case Reports Journal, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.2147/imcrj.s142695 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Grazia Leonello, Antonio Giacomo Rizzo, Viviane Di Dio, Antonio Soriano, Claudia Previti, Grazia Giulia Pantè, Claudio Mastrojeni, Sebastiano Pantè |
| Abstract |
Enteral nutrition (EN) is preferred in order to provide nutrition and reduce catabolism in critically ill patients. Recent studies suggest that the use of EN is successful and complications are rare. However, an underestimated mechanical complication of tube feedings seen in critically ill patients is the coagulation and solidification of the EN causing gastrointestinal obstruction. This report describes two clinical cases (1.23% of all cases seen at our clinic) of obstruction and perforation of the small bowel secondary to the solidification of EN. The understanding and early recognition of this potential complication are essential for the prevention and successful treatment of this condition. |
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| Italy | 2 | 67% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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| Other | 3 | 21% |
| Researcher | 3 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 57% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
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