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Effect of standardized enteral nutrition on AECOPD patients with respiratory failure
Chunyan Zhang1, Dapeng Ren2, Chifen Ouyang3
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of Kaizhou District Chongqing 405400, China.
Objective:
To investigate the effects of standardized enteral nutrition (EN) on nutritional indicators and immunological functioning of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) patients with respiratory failure.
Methods:
We selected 92 cases of AECOPD patients with respiratory failure as the research objects, and classified them into two groups (control/observation group, n=46 respectively) according to random number table. Both groups were given conventional anti-infection and symptomatic treatment. In addition, the control group received diet support therapy, and the observation group was given standard EN treatment. Afterwards, the changes of nutritional indicators, immunological functioning, inflammatory indicators and cardiopulmonary function of the two groups before and after therapy were compared.
Results:
Hemoglobin (HB), serum albumin (ALB), and total protein (TP) of the two groups after treatment were critically higher than those before treatment, and the indicators in observation group in post-treatment were remarkably higher than those in control group (P<0.05); lymphocyte count (TLC), immunoglobulin A (IgA) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) of the two groups tremendously increased in post-treatment than before receiving treatment, and the post-treatment indicators of observation group were obviously higher than those of control group (P<0.05); high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) in two groups sharply decreased after treatment comparing to which before treatment, and the observation group had notably lower post-treatment indexes than that of the control group (P<0.05); Ejection minutes (LVEF), NT proBNP, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), partial pressure of blood oxygen (PaO2) and pH of the two groups had remarkably improved after treatment, and the improvement effect in observation group was superior to that in control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
The standard EN can substantially improve the nutritional status and immunological functioning of AECOPD patients with respiratory failure, reduce the inflammatory indicators, and promote their cardiopulmonary function.
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