Impact of the route of nutrition on gut mucosa in ventilated adults with shock: an ancillary of the NUTRIREA-2 trial.
Gael PitonAmélie Le GougeNoelle BruléBenoit CyprianiJean-Claude LacheradeSaad NseirJean-Paul MiraEmmanuelle MercierMichel SirodotJean-Philippe RigaudStéphanie MalaquinEdouard SoumMichel DjibreStéphane GaudryDidier ThéveninJean ReignierPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2019)
Plasma citrulline concentration was higher after 3 days of enteral nutrition than after 3 days of parenteral nutrition. This result raises the question of the possibility that enteral nutrition is associated with a more rapid restoration of enterocyte mass than parenteral nutrition.