Effect of Psyllium Fiber Supplementation on Diarrhea Incidence in Enteral Tube-Fed Patients: A Prospective, Randomized, and Controlled Trial.

Korn LertpipopmethaChanon KongkamolPimsiri Sripongpun

Published in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2018)

Supplementation with psyllium showed no beneficial effect on reducing incidence of diarrhea in general medical patients receiving EN. This study was registered on Thai Clinical Trials Registry (http://www.clinicaltrials.in.th: TCTR identification number TCTR20170821004).

Keyphrases

clinical trial
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
healthcare
prognostic factors
clostridium difficile
randomized controlled trial
open label
double blind