A patient diagnosed with enteral feeding intolerance often requires more aggressive management to avoid increased morbidity and mortality.
Patient selection: enteral feeding intolerance
Clinical significance of enteral feeding intolerance:
(1) greater in-hospital and post-discharge mortality
(2) longer ICU and hospital stays
(3) higher rate of hospital readmission
(4) signs of inflammation and/or infection: systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, increased cytokines, elevated serum CRP
(5) increased thromboembolic complications
(6) malnutrition
(7) gastrointestinal morbidity (which may underlie the feeding intolerance)
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Specialty: Nutrition, Gastroenterology
