Link: Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
THIS IS A VERY WELL WRITTEN AND INFORMATIVE ARTICLE – A MUST READ
The epidemiology of postoperative nosocomial infections is changing. In the 1960s, postoperative wound infections were responsible for 46% of infections. During the 1970s and 1980s, urinary tract infections (UTI) were the most common. Currently, 43% of postoperative nosocomial infections are from pneumonia, with wound infections accounting for approximately 15%.10 This trend dramatically changes the potential morbidity of a postoperative nosocomial infection, as pneumonia carries a much higher mortality than does UTI or wound infection. In the recent PROWESS trial of 1690 patients with sepsis, the most common origin of sepsis was the lung, comprising 53.6%.11
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The route, quantity, timing, and nutrient composition also have significant influence on infectious morbidity.19 Enteral nutrition, when compared with parenteral, is now well accepted as the preferred route of feeding in patients unable to volitionally consume adequate nutrients.20 This concept has been supported in more than 46 major papers in the English literature alone, the vast majority of which demonstrate enteral nutrition being far superior to parenteral when it comes to minimizing infection risk. The fact that enteral feeding maintains the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) is thought to be one of the primary reasons why this route of feeding results in significantly fewer infectious complications when compared with parenteral feeding.
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I hate UTI’s and putting a stop to my reoccuring bladder infections took me quite abit of reasearch. While searching online for urinary track infection remedies, I discovered a simple way to cure them by combining three different grocery store items. I really had it with visiting my doctor, taking drugs/antibiotics, and having those long nights away, painfully trying to urinate.
Tina
The Urinary Track Infection Remedies Web Site