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. 2018 Jun 8;2018(6):CD012276. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012276.pub2

Braga 1995.

Methods RCT
Participants 77 people in a surgical ICU undergoing curative surgery for gastric or pancreatic cancer. Participants randomized into 3 groups: standard EN formula (n = 24), enriched EN formula with arginine, RNA, and omega‐3 fatty acids (n = 26), isocoloric TPN formula (n = 27)
Interventions EN formula vs enriched EN formula vs isonitrogen‐isocaloric parenteral formula. EN started 12 hours following surgery. Infusion rate was gradually increased until full amount was achieved on postoperative day 4.
Outcomes

  1. Serum level of total iron‐binding capacity, albumin, prealbumin, retinal‐binding protein, cholinesterase

  2. Delayed hypersensitivity response

  3. Lymphocyte subsets

  4. Monocyte phagocytosis

  5. Postoperative infections

  6. Length of stay


Measurements were taken on postoperative days 1 and 8
Notes We were unable to source the full text for this study and the abstract contained insufficient information to decide eligibility.