Table 3.
Number of patients with complications reported in eleven randomised trials of early enteral nutrition
| No of patients (active/ control) | Anastomotic dehiscence
|
Infections
|
Vomiting
|
Death
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any infection
|
Wound infection
|
Pneumonia
|
Intra-abdominal abscess
|
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| Active | Control | Active | Control | Active | Control | Active | Control | Active | Control | Active | Control | Active | Control | ||||||||
| Sagar et al20 | 15/15 | 0 | 1 | NR | NR | 3 | 5 | NR | NR | 2 | 2 | NR | NR | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Schroeder et al13 | 16/16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NR | NR | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Binderow et al21 | 32/32 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 8 | NR | NR | ||||||
| Reissman et al22 | 80/81 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carr et al23 | 14/14 | NR | NR | 0 | 3 | NR | NR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NR | NR | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Beier-Holgersen et al24 | 30/30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Ortiz et al25 | 95/95 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | NR | NR | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Heslin et al26 | 97/98 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Hartsell et al27 | 29/29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Watters et al28 | 15/16 | 1 | 4 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||
| Stewart et al29 | 40/40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
NR=not reported.