Observation of Incretin Effects During Enteral Feed Transitions of Critically Ill Patients

• Main Authors: Ummu Kulthum, Jamaludin, Docherty, Paul D., Chase, J. Geoffrey, Le Compte, Aaron, Shaw, Geoffrey M., Desaive, Thomas, Preiser, Jean-Charles
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5484/1/Incretin_effects.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5484/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnme.2012.05.002

Background & aims: Critically ill patients are regularly feed via constant enteral (EN) nutrition infusions. However, the incretin effect or its impact on endogenous insulin concentration remains unclear. This study determines whether there is an EN-driven incretin effect in critically ill patie...