Effect of enteral nutrition on cardio-pulmonary function in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

VernacularTitle:临床肠内营养支持对老年慢性阻塞性肺病患者心肺功能影响的干预研究
Author: Lei LI ; Jia SHI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: enteral nutrition; pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive; pulmonary ventilation; albu-mins
From: Chinese Journal of Geriatric Heart Brain and Vessel Diseases 2014;(6):599-601
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ion:Objective To study the effect of enteral nutrition on cardio-pulmonary function in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) .Methods Fifty-eight elderly COPD patients were randomly divided into treatment group (enteral nutrition group ,n=29) and control group (free diet group ,n=29) .Their nutrition parameters (BMI ,serum total protein ,al-bumin and prealbumin) ,LVEF and pulmonary function (FEV1 ,FVC ,FEV1/FVC) were assayed before and after treatment .Results The BMI ,serum levels of total protein ,albumin and prealbu-min were significantly higher in treatment group after treatment than before treatment ( P<0.05) .However ,no significant difference was observed in these parameters in control group after treatment .The LVEF ,FVC ,FEV1 and FEV1/FVC were significantly higher in treatment group than in control group after treatment (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion Enteral nutrition in combination with conventional treatment can improve the nutrition and cardio-pulmonary function in elderly COPD patients ,thus shortening their hospital stay time .