Early Tube Feeding after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG): An Observational Study

This study investigated whether enteral nutrition by early tube feeding led to changes in clinical parameters compared to tube feeding after 24 h. Starting on 1 January 2021, and following the latest update of the ESPEN guidelines on enteral nutrition, patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrosto...

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Published in:Nutrients 2023-02, Vol.15 (5), p.1157
Main Authors: Strahm, Rachel, Weber, Manuel, Wiest, Reiner, Schmitt, Kai-Uwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
artificial nutrition
Brief Report
Complications
Complications and side effects
Disease
Documentation
Dysphagia
Endoscopy
Enteral feeding
Enteral nutrition
Enteral Nutrition - methods
Feeding
Gastroenterology
Gastrostomy - methods
Guidelines
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Insertion
Management
Nutrition
Observational studies
Ostomy
Pain
Patient outcomes
Patients
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Peritonitis
Retrospective Studies
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Tube feeding
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Summary:This study investigated whether enteral nutrition by early tube feeding led to changes in clinical parameters compared to tube feeding after 24 h. Starting on 1 January 2021, and following the latest update of the ESPEN guidelines on enteral nutrition, patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) received tube feeding 4 h after tube insertion. An observational study was conducted to analyze whether the new scheme affected patient complaints, complications, or hospitalization duration compared to the previous procedure of tube feeding starting after 24 h. Clinical patient records from one year before and one year after the introduction of the new scheme were examined. A total of 98 patients were included, and of those 47 received tube feeding 24 h after tube insertion, and 51 received tube feeding 4 h after tube insertion. The new scheme did not influence the frequency or severity of patient complaints or complications related to tube feeding (all -values > 0.05). However, the study showed that the length of stay in hospital was significantly shorter when following the new scheme ( = 0.030). In this observational cohort study an earlier start of tube feeding did not produce any negative consequences but did reduce the duration of hospitalization. Therefore, an early start, as suggested in the recent ESPEN guidelines, is supported and recommended.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu15051157