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A summary of the studies, including the incidences of pneumonia and caloric goal achieved, are presented in Table 1. Not all of the studies reported the end-points of interest, with risk for pneumonia being reported in seven studies [ 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 ] , mean percentage of caloric goal achieved in five studies [ 10 15 17 18 19 ] , mean caloric intake in five studies [ 15 17 19 20 21 ] , time to the initiation of enteral nutrition in three studies [ 15 20 21 ] , time to reach caloric goal in four studies [ 16 18 20 22 ] , ICU LOS in five studies [ 15 16 17 20 21 ] , and mortality in seven studies [ 10 15 16 17 18 20 21 ] .
Both routes of enteral nutrition were associated with similar rates of pneumonia, LOS, and mortality.
These data suggest that enteral nutrition should be initiated as soon as possible after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).
Thus, the 'best' route of enteral nutrition in the critically ill and injured remains unclear.
Although it is possible that the short delay in the initiation of enteral nutrition in the small intestine fed patients could increase infective complications, the results of this analysis do not support that contention.