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Journals / Türk Pediatri Arşivi / 2002 / Cilt: 30 - Sayı: 3

The effects of different nutritional therapies in patients with severe head injury

Kafa travmalı hastalarda farklı nütrisyon yöntemlerinin etkinliğinin karşılaştırılması

Sİmru TUĞRUL, Nahit ÇAKAR, Figen ESEN, İ. DEMİREL, P. Ergin ÖZCAN

Pages
111–117
DOI
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Abstract

The hypermetabolism and hypercatabolism in patients with severe head injuries results in malnutrition, impaired healing and an increased tendency to multiple organ failure. Thus, early adequate nutritional support plays a role in functional outcome. The objectives of our study were to compare the ability of three different nutrition strategy to meet the caloric and protein requirements in severe head injury, and to study the effect on nitrogen balance. 30 patients with GCS

Özet

Kafa travmalı hasta grubunda artmış olan kalorik gereksinimin erken dönemde karşılanması, tedaviye optimal yanııt alınmasını vb beyin hasarının boyutunu ciddi oranda etkilemektedir. GKS