Table 1 Indications for parenteral nutrition
From: Development and current use of parenteral nutrition in critical care – an opinion paper
• Prolonged ileus >3 days | ᅟ |
|---|---|
Mechanical obstruction | ᅟ |
Generalized peritonitis | ᅟ |
Peritoneal carcinosis | ᅟ |
Abdominal distension on enteral nutrition | ᅟ |
• Short bowel syndrome | ᅟ |
Mesenteric infarction | ᅟ |
Extensive small bowel resection leaving <1.5 m | ᅟ |
• Severe malabsorption | ᅟ |
Radiation injury to the intestine | ᅟ |
High output fistulae (jejunal > ileal) | ᅟ |
Inflammatory bowel diseases in acute phase | ᅟ |
Splanchnic ischemia | ᅟ |
• Time to reach full enteral nutrition or oral >5 days | ᅟ |
• Insufficient energy intakes | ᅟ |
• Hyperemesis gravidarum | ᅟ |
• High risk of aspiration | ᅟ |