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The Importance of Enteral Nutrition

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Many neurological diseases are followed by a disturbance of nutritional intake to some extent and thus constitute the most common indication for nutritional support and enteral access. Several studies have shown that malnutrition is a common condition, with as many as 40% of admitted patients being identified as undernourished and 78% of these further found to be deteriorated in their nutritional status during hospital stay (McWirtrer and Pennington, BMJ 308:945–948, 1994). Malnutrition, being a preventable disorder, is thus of great importance to identify patients at risk of malnutrition and prevent impairment of nutritional status. With adequate nutritional care, improved healing is augmented, resulting in better care and quality of life, lowered costs due to reduced length of hospital stay, fewer complications, and decreased mortality. Gut starvation hampers the immunological response. Even small amounts of enteral nutrition maintain gastrointestinal mucosal integrity and improve barrier function, thus minimizing immunological complications and enhancing clinical recovery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Ängelholm Hospital, Ängelholm, Sweden

    Christina Stene

  2. Department of Surgical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Christina Stene

  3. Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Skane-Malmö, Malmö, Sweden

    Bengt Jeppsson

  4. Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Bengt Jeppsson

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    Olle Ekberg

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Stene, C., Jeppsson, B. (2018). The Importance of Enteral Nutrition. In: Ekberg, O. (eds) Dysphagia. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2017_128

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