Biomaterial Database

Enteral nutrition in anorexia nervosa. 1990

G Bufano, and C Bellini, and G Cervellin, and C Coscelli

Department of Medicine C. Cattani, I Division of Medicine, Ospedale Maggiore, Parma, Italy.

Biochemical and anthropometric data were collected in 9 subjects with anorexia nervosa before and after enteral nutrition by the nasogastric route. All subjects but one accepted the treatment which was stopped as soon as an adequate spontaneous food intake was resumed. Enteral nutrition caused a significant increase of mid-arm muscle circumference and of tricipital skinfold. Body weight gain was remarkable, averaging a rate of 8.22 kg/month. This value was not different from the levels attained by anorectic subjects put on total parenteral nutrition. Furthermore, a significant rise of some biochemical indexes, namely prealbumin and total iron binding capacity, was achieved. The most impressive drawbacks of enteral nutrition were occasional hypophosphatemia and moderate rise of serum aspartate and alanine aminotransferases. Both of these abnormalities were transient and apparently not associated with clinical disturbances.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002149	Energy Intake	Total number of calories taken in daily whether ingested or by parenteral routes.	Caloric Intake,Calorie Intake,Intake, Calorie,Intake, Energy
D004750	Enteral Nutrition	Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.	Enteral Feeding,Force Feeding,Nutrition, Enteral,Tube Feeding,Gastric Feeding Tubes,Feeding Tube, Gastric,Feeding Tubes, Gastric,Feeding, Enteral,Feeding, Force,Feeding, Tube,Feedings, Force,Force Feedings,Gastric Feeding Tube,Tube, Gastric Feeding,Tubes, Gastric Feeding
D005260	Female		Females
D005526	Food, Formulated	Food and dietary formulations including elemental (chemically defined formula) diets, synthetic and semisynthetic diets, space diets, weight-reduction formulas, tube-feeding diets, complete liquid diets, and supplemental liquid and solid diets.	Diet, Chemically Defined,Diet, Elemental,Diet, Formula,Diet, Synthetic,Dietary Formulations,Chemically Defined Diet,Synthetic Diet,Chemically Defined Diets,Dietary Formulation,Diets, Chemically Defined,Diets, Elemental,Diets, Formula,Diets, Synthetic,Elemental Diet,Elemental Diets,Foods, Formulated,Formulated Food,Formulated Foods,Formulation, Dietary,Formulations, Dietary
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000856	Anorexia Nervosa	An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; refusal to maintain minimal normal weight; and AMENORRHEA. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)	Anorexia Nervosas,Nervosa, Anorexia,Nervosas, Anorexia
D000886	Anthropometry	The technique that deals with the measurement of the size, weight, and proportions of the human or other primate body.
D015430	Weight Gain	Increase in BODY WEIGHT over existing weight.	Gain, Weight,Gains, Weight,Weight Gains