A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING AND DELAYED ENTERAL FEEDING FOLLOWING GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY Authors: Janugade SH , KSHIRSAGAR AY AND SURUSHE A
ABSTRACT
Background: To learn effects of quick feeds on the onset and duration of paralytic ileus after operative
procedure on GI tract. To learn the effect of quick enteral feeds on R and A leak following GI tract
surgery. To learn the effect of quick enteral feeds on wound sepsis. To learn the effect of resilience on
quick enteral feeding.
Methods: From august 2020 to august 2021, 150 subjects with variant clusters of diagnosis were taken in
the reasearch, randomizing the option to either delayed or quick feeds. Biostat Comparisons were
performed.
Results: 75 subjects assigned to delayed feeds cluster and 75 subjects to quick feeds cluster. The
variability noted between the 2 clusters are not important in terms with biostats. In age disposition group
(55.26±19.89 vs 56.06±19.86,1) =0.998), (l) of hospitalisation (19.69±9.33 vs17.73±9.29,p=0.007), mean
time of operation was 4hours (p=0.067).78% of subjects was operated under epidural augmenting general
anaesthesia (P=0.798), Paralytic ileus is seen in 8(14.2%)subjects in delayed feeds and 4(6.9%) patients in case of quick feeds (p=0.217). R and A leak is seen in 2(3.0%) patient in delayed feeds and 1(1%) patient
in case of quick feeds (p=1). Wound sepsis is seen in 8(16.3%) patients in late feeds and 4(11.2%) patients
in quick feeds(p=0.499), adverse reactionary response to oral feeds is seen in 5(10.2%) patients in
delayed feeds and 8(14.3%) patients in quick feeds(p=0.601).
Conclusion: time of hospital stay reduced in quick feeds. Paralytic ileus in both quick and delayed feeds
were the same. Wound sepsis was less in quick feeds when compared to delayed feeds. R and A leak was
seen quite oftenly in delayed feeds. Patient’s resilience for oral feeds was improved in delayed feeds. This
research has not demonstrated any benefit of quick feeds, however it was clearly recorded that delay of
enteral feeds was not advantageous
Keywords: mode of anaesthesia, paralytic ileus, wound sepsis, leak of R and A Publication date: 15/02/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/February/MS_IJBPAS_2022_FEB_SPCL_1033.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.2.1033