Effect of Intermittent Oro-esophageal Tube Feeding on Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients With Tracheostomy
Status:
TERMINATED
Trial end date:
2023-06-15
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Summary
This was a multicenter randomized controlled study of 98 severe Traumatic Brain Injury patients with tracheostomy. Patients enrolled were divided randomly into the observation group with Intermittent Oro-esophageal Tube Feeding (n=50) or the control group with Nasogastric tube feeding (n=48) for enteral nutrition support, respectively. Nutritional status, complications, decannulation of tracheostomy tubes and level of consciousness on day 1 and day 28 were recorded and compared.