The clinical impacts of early using glutamine/arginine enriched high protein density formula at trophic dose in intolerant enteral nutrition cachectic hypoalbuminemic hospitalized patients

Abstract

Background. We sought to evaluate the clinical impacts of the early administration of trophic doses of a glutamine/arginine enriched enteral nutrition formula (ENF) with a high protein density to cachectic hypoalbuminemic hospitalized patients intolerant to enteral nutrition.

Keywords

• enteral nutritional formulas
• high protein density
• enterocyte nutrients
• trophic feeding