Ewha Med J.
1997 Jun;20(2):221-225. 10.12771/emj.1997.20.2.221.
Clinical Efficancy of 'Nucare' in Neurological Patients
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- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medical, Ewha Woman's University, Korea.
- KMID: 1964780
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1997.20.2.221
Abstract
- Patients suffering from neurological disorder, such as cerebral infarctoin, often face serious swallowing difficulty and malnutrion. Although the importance of nutritional support has been well demonstrated, malnutrition remains a frequently neglected condition in the clinical setting. In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of enteral nutritional support to neurological patients using nutritional beverage Nucare. 50 patients with acute and chronic neurological disease with eating problem were participated. 27 patients(experimental group : 17, control group :7), fed more than 7 days, were selected and statically analyzed by the changes of hematologic, biochemical parameters and nutritional index compared with control roup(p<0.05), which are good predictors of nutritional and hospital outcome. This suggests that enteral nutritional support with Nucare can improve the nutritional status and clinical outcome of patient with acute and chronic neurological disease.
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