Table 1 Randomized controlled trials addressing diarrhoea frequency in critically ill patients associated with enteral feeds
Diarrhoea | Â | Peptide-based EN | Polymeric whole protein EN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study | Year | Events (n) | Percentage | Total (n) | Events (n) | Percentage | Total (n) |
Brinson (as in [2]) | 1988 | 1 | 14.3 | 7 | 3 | 60.0 | 5 |
Meredith (as in [2]) | 1990 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 9 |
Mowatt-Larssen (as in [2]) | 1992 | 6 | 28.6 | 21 | 6 | 30.0 | 20 |
Heimburger (as in [2]) | 1997 | 10 | 38.5 | 26 | 4 | 16.7 | 24 |
Jakob et al. [1] | 2017 | 29 | 63.0 | 46 | 31 | 70.5 | 44 |
Total | Â | 46 | 42.2 | 109 | 48 | 47.1 | 102 |