A comparative study of risk of pneumonia and mortalities between nasogastric and jejunostomy feeding routes in surgical critically ill patients with perforated peptic ulcer.

Shih-Chi WuPeiling HsiehYi-Wen ChenMei-Due YangYu-Chun WangHan-Tsung ChengChia-Wei TzengChia-Hao HsuChih-Hsin Muo

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Our study indicates that there are no differences in mortalities and pneumonia occurrence using nasogastric or feeding jejunostomy in surgical critically ill PPU patients underwent surgery. However, further studies are required.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
minimally invasive
chronic kidney disease
risk assessment
prognostic factors
acute coronary syndrome
atrial fibrillation