Continuous versus intermittent enteral nutrition in hospitalised dogs and cats using a new scoring system: A prospective clinical study
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2023-06-30
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Radó-Bložoňová, Aneta
Raušerová-Lexmaulová, Leona
Černá, Lucia
Pavlík, Matěj
Radó, Michal
Fusek, Michal
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Mark
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Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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Nutrition is an important part of the critical care. The goals of this prospective clinical study were to create a scoring system for the assessment of patient nutritional status and to compare continuous and intermittent bolus feeding of enteral nutrition (EN). A total of 38 patients (21 dogs and 17 cats) were divided into Group C (continuous feeding; 23 patients) and Group I (intermittent feeding; 15 patients). The following variables were recorded for each patient in both groups: gastrointestinal (GI) complications, changes in body weight (BW), body condition score (BCS), muscle condition score (MCS), veterinary nutritional status score (VetNSS), length of hospitalisation and outcome. The normality of the data was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and the t-test were used in statistical analyses. Significant changes were found in VetNSS and BW between the 1st and 5th day in Group C. The VetNSS seems to be useful for monitoring the nutritional status of hospitalised patients. Anorectic dogs and cats can be successfully supported with either continuous or intermittent feeding methods with a similar risk of GI complications and outcomes.
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Veterinární medicína. 2023, vol. 68, issue 6, p. 246-252.
https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202306-0003_continuous-versus-intermittent-enteral-nutrition-in-hospitalised-dogs-and-cats-using-a-new-scoring-system-a-pr.php
https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202306-0003_continuous-versus-intermittent-enteral-nutrition-in-hospitalised-dogs-and-cats-using-a-new-scoring-system-a-pr.php
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