Kwansuphang Wongwatanasanti
Department of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum-Thani, ThailandPublications
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Research Article
Author(s): Kwansuphang Wongwatanasanti38685* and Sanit Wichansawakun38686
Background: Malnutrition has a negative impacted hospital outcome; hospitalized patients should receive proper nutritional management. Enteral Nutrition (EN) is the most common route for non-volitional dietary support, usually fed 4 times/day, different from patients with volitional feeding who receive only 3 meals/day. This practice may affect Blood Glucose (BG) control and increase nursing care's working burden. The aim of this study to compare BG control and enteral feeding complications between 3 and 4 times feeding/day in diabetes hospitalized patients who require EN. Methods: A non-blind randomized controlled trial study of type 2 diabetes hospitalized patients who required EN in Thammasat University Hospital (TUH) from April 1 to December 31, 2019. The study patients were randomized and stratified by Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) at.. Read More»
DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.13.6.385-389