Oro-esophageal feeding for tracheostomized patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial
Dandan Lv, Hongyan Liu, Jing Zhao, Yang Liu, Qianqian Li, Xing’na Zhao, Liugen Wang, Xi Zeng, Yu Ding · 2026
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Description
Lv and co-authors test a mouth-to-food-pipe feeding method for brain-injured patients who breathe through a neck opening. Their 2026 Annals of Medicine trial in China randomized one hundred four patients with severe traumatic brain injury and tracheostomies. Half received intermittent oro-esophageal tube feeding, and half the usual nose-to-stomach tube, for twenty-eight days.
The mouth-route group gained more on every nutrition measure, including hemoglobin, albumin, and body mass index. They also developed less aspiration pneumonia and regained more consciousness on the standard coma scale. Their breathing tubes were removed far sooner and far more often than in the nose-tube group. The authors conclude the intermittent route supports recovery in these patients better than continuous nasal feeding.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dandan Lv, Hongyan Liu, Jing Zhao, Yang Liu, Qianqian Li, Xing’na Zhao, Liugen Wang, Xi Zeng, Yu Ding |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |