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Early Oral Feeding Versus Traditional Postoperative Care in Emergency Abdominal Surgery

NCT01084070 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 336

Last updated 2012-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The traditional postoperative care after abdominal surgery included the need of nasogastric tube, fasting until resumed bowel function and progressive reinstitution of oral intake from liquid to solid diet. Recent studies have shown no benefits of this traditional management over early oral feeding. Nevertheless, the researches in emergency surgery are scarce.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Care

Interventions

OTHER

Early oral feeding

Within 6-24 hours after surgery the nasogastric tube will be removed and liquids and soft diet "at will" indicated.

OTHER

Traditional Care

They will have nasogastric tube and restriction of oral intake until the first sign of restoration of intestinal transit (first flatus or stool, whichever comes first). Since then withdrew nasogastric tube and liquid diet starts within 24 hours, then continues with soft diet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital General de Agudos "Dr. Cosme Argerich"

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roberto F Klappenbach, MD · Argerich Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Argentina

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