Clinical Nutrition Research
Our retrospective review of patients with complicated pancreatitis fed via jejunal tube was finalized in 2005, and presented in the Scientific Presentations session of Clinical Nutrition Week 2006 in Dallas, TX.
The results of our study were published in American Journal of Gastroenterology in October 2006.
Makola D, Krenitsky J, Parrish C, Dunston E, Shaffer HA, Yeaton P, Kahaleh M. Efficacy of enteral nutrition for the treatment of pancreatitis using standard enteral formula. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2006 Oct;101(10):2347-55.
Our review found that the majority of patients with complicated pancreatitis tolerated polymeric enteral formulas via jejunal tube. In contrast to some previous publications, we found that PEG-J (24 french PEG with a 12 french J-arm) was an effective means to provide long-term (average 4.4 months) jejunal feeding, and had a low incidence of complications or tube displacement.
Currently the team has several proposals under development including a prospective study of nutrition support in patients with severe pancreatitis.
We will update this page as soon as further information becomes available.