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Results of literature search
Abstracts were retrieved for all 70 articles:
8 did fulfill the criteria for review
- 1 publication only reviewed clinical trials performed in a single hospital
- 1 publication was from 1987, and a more recent review was available.
6 meta-analyses were retrieved and reviewed:
Heyland DK, Montalvo M, MacDonald S, Keefe L, Su XY, Drover JW. Total parenteral nutrition in the surgical patient: a meta-analysis. Can.J Surg. 2001;44:102-11
Lewis SJ, Egger M, Sylvester PA, Thomas S. Early enteral feeding versus "nil by mouth" after gastrointestinal surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. BMJ 2001;323:773-6.
Heyland DK, Novak F, Drover JW, Jain M, Su X, Suchner U. Should immunonutrition become routine in critically ill patients? A systematic review of the evidence. JAMA 2001;286:944-53.
Moore FA, Feliciano DV, Andrassy RJ, McArdle AH, Booth FV, Morgenstein-Wagner TB et al. Early enteral feeding, compared with parenteral, reduces postoperative septic complications. The results of a meta-analysis. Ann Surg. 1992;216:172-83.
Marik PE,.Zaloga GP. Early enteral nutrition in acutely ill patients: a systematic review. Crit Care Med 2001;29:2264-70.
Frantisek Novak, Daren K. Heyland, Alison Avenell, John W. Drover, Xiangyao Su. Glutamine supplementation in serious illness: A systematic review of the evidence. Crit Care Medi 2002; 30(9):2022-2029