Publication detail

Continuous versus intermittent enteral nutrition in hospitalised dogs and cats using a new scoring system: A prospective clinical study

RADÓ-BLOŽOŇOVÁ, A. RAUŠEROVÁ-LEXMAULOVÁ, L. ČERNÁ, L. PAVLÍK, M. RADÓ, M. FUSEK, M.

Original Title

Continuous versus intermittent enteral nutrition in hospitalised dogs and cats using a new scoring system: A prospective clinical study

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Nutrition is an important part of the critical care. The goals of this prospective clinical study were to create a scoring system for the assessment of patient nutritional status and to compare continuous and intermittent bolus feeding of enteral nutrition (EN). A total of 38 patients (21 dogs and 17 cats) were divided into Group C (continuous feeding; 23 patients) and Group I (intermittent feeding; 15 patients). The following variables were recorded for each patient in both groups: gastrointestinal (GI) complications, changes in body weight (BW), body condition score (BCS), muscle condition score (MCS), veterinary nutritional status score (VetNSS), length of hospitalisation and outcome. The normality of the data was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and the t-test were used in statistical analyses. Significant changes were found in VetNSS and BW between the 1st and 5th day in Group C. The VetNSS seems to be useful for monitoring the nutritional status of hospitalised patients. Anorectic dogs and cats can be successfully supported with either continuous or intermittent feeding methods with a similar risk of GI complications and outcomes.

Keywords

complications; nutritional score; nutritional support; outcome; tube feeding

Authors

RADÓ-BLOŽOŇOVÁ, A.; RAUŠEROVÁ-LEXMAULOVÁ, L.; ČERNÁ, L.; PAVLÍK, M.; RADÓ, M.; FUSEK, M.

Released

30. 6. 2023

Publisher

Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Location

PRAGUE

ISBN

0375-8427

Periodical

Veterinární medicína

Year of study

68

Number

6

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

246

Pages to

252

Pages count

7

URL

https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202306-0003_continuous-versus-intermittent-enteral-nutrition-in-hospitalised-dogs-and-cats-using-a-new-scoring-system-a-pr.php

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/244951

BibTex

@article{BUT184642,
  author="Aneta {Radó-Bložoňová} and Leona {Raušerová-Lexmaulová} and Lucia {Černá} and Matěj {Pavlík} and Michal {Radó} and Michal {Fusek}",
  title="Continuous versus intermittent enteral nutrition in hospitalised dogs and cats using a new scoring system: A prospective clinical study",
  journal="Veterinární medicína",
  year="2023",
  volume="68",
  number="6",
  pages="246--252",
  doi="10.17221/26/2023-VETMED",
  issn="0375-8427",
  url="https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202306-0003_continuous-versus-intermittent-enteral-nutrition-in-hospitalised-dogs-and-cats-using-a-new-scoring-system-a-pr.php"
}