NUTRITIONAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE BRAIN INJURY WHO WERE PROVIDED 80% OF THE ENERGY DEMAND ON THE FIRST DAY AND REACHING 100% ON THE SECOND DAY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY AND NEURO INTENSIVE CARE, VIET DUC HOSPITAL

Ngọc Minh Đồng1,, Hải Hà Trang Nguyễn1, Trí Hiếu Vũ2, Xuân Việt Kiều2
1 GERMANY FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL
2 Hai Duong Provincial General Hospital

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We carried out a study with the objective of describing nutritional and immunological changes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury who were provided with 80% of their energy needs on the first day and reached 100% on the second day by enteral nutrition. This is a study using a cross-sectional descriptive method performed on 27 patients in the Department of Neurology and Neuro Intensive care at Viet Duc Hospital. The results of the study showed that the patients received early enteral nutrition by providing 80% of the energy requirements on the first day and reaching 100% on the second day had the increase in the following nutritional indicators: The number of nutrients, including Protein, Albumin, Tranferrin, and prealbumin, increased after 12 days of feeding (p <0.05). Immune index, including IgA and peripheral blood lymphocytes, also increased after 12 days of feeding (p<0.05). In summary, in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, early enteral nutrition should be provided.

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