Types of interventions
Trials comparing early enteral nutritional support (with in 24 hours of injury)
versus late enteral nutritional support (greater than 25 hours). In this instance , enteral nutrition (EN)was defined as the delivery of a liquid nutritional formula, which contains macro-and micronutrients such as carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins,
mineral and trace elements that passes any part of the digestive
tract, regardl ess of the method of deliver (e.g. nasogastric, naso-jejunal ,
naso-enteric, or o-gastr ic, PEG or jejunal feeding tubes).
Studies examining combine denteral and or alsupple mentation
feeding regimes wereal so included