Table 2.

Clinical studies showing efficacy and efficiency of NST.

Outcome	Correct Indication	Cost Savings	Decreased Complication Rates	Reduced Mortality	Improved Monitoring	Increased Dietary Intake	Positive Influence of Individualized Nutritional Support
Studies	Boitano et al. [7] Piquet et al. [23] Trujilo et al. [32] Sriram et al. [29]	Boitano et al. [7] ChrisAnderson et al. [8] Curry et al. [9] Faubion et al. [11] Goldmann et al. [13] Jacobs et al. [18] Kennedy et al. [20] Piquet et al. [23] Ryan et al. [25] Sanders et al. [26] Trujilo et al. [32]	Boitano et al. [7] Curry et al. [9] Faubion et al. [11] Gariballa et al. [12] Goldmann et al. [13] Ha et al. [14] Hegerova et al. [15] Hickson et al. [16] Jacobs et al. [18] Johansen et al. [19] Norman et al. [21,41] Piquet et al. [23] Ruefenacht et al. [24] Ryan et al. [25] Sanders et al. [26] Somanchi et al. [27] Schuetz et al. [28] Starke et al. [30] Stratton et al. [31] Trujilo et al. [32] ten Dam et al. [43] Dudrick et al. [45] Fürst et al. [46] Butterworth [47] Allison [51] Council of Europe [57]	Park et al. [22] Schuetz et al. [28] Deutz et al. [10]	Boitano et al. [7] Kennedy et al. [20]	Boitano et al. [7] Gariballa et al. [12] Ha et al. [14] Hegerova et al. [15] Hickson et al. [16] Johansen et al. [19] Norman et al. [21,41] Ruefenacht et al. [24] Somanchi et al. [27] Schuetz et al. [28] Starke et al. [30] Stratton et al. [31] ten Dam et al. [43] Dudrick et al. [45] Fürst et al. [46] Allison [51] Council of Europe [57]	Johansen et al. [19] Ruefenacht et al. [24] Schuetz et al. [28]