JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol.98, no.12, pp.1963-1966, 2006 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Background: Infection is a serious complication of nutritional support, causing a high rate of mortality and morbidity. Critically ill patients having nutritional support are prone to infectious complications. Questions regarding the effects of the route of nutrition in infectious complications have been asked. We aimed to determine the relationship between the route of nutrition and the risk of developing infectious complications in severely ill patients on nutritional support in an intensive care unit.