[Assessment of clinical efficacy and tolerability of meat-containing canned food for enteral nutrition].

to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of meat-containing canned food for enteral nutrition in clinical settings in patients with gastrectomy. The product was made from animal protein (beef) with the addition of vegetable oils, soy protein, maltodextrin, stabilizer, vitamins and minerals. 40 patients with gastrectomy were included to the study and randomly formed 2 groups of 20 persons: the main group (8 men and 12 women, mean age 64.4±12.4 years) on the background of standard mashed diet for 14 days received 2 portions of the tested product (240 ml), the control group (5 men and 15 women, mean age 64.8±12.9 years) was treated with standard diet. Daily registration of the symptoms was carried out filling the 5-point scale of the Likert (the presence and severity of abdominal pain, flatulence, heartburn, nausea, a feeling of heaviness after eating, incomplete evacuation of the intestine). The Bristol stool scale was used to assess the dynamics of the stool. Laboratory parameters (hemoglobin, blood serum level of total protein, albumin and iron) and body composition parameters were evaluated before and after treatment. Consumption of meat-containing canned food for enteral nutrition was accompanied by significant decrease in the severity of nausea (from 1.20±0.29 to 1.02±0.05 points of the Likert scale, p=0.017), a decrease in abdomen heaviness (from 1.8±0.8 to 1.4±0.6 points, p<0.05), contributed to an improvement in stool consistency, an increase in all body composition parameters, a positive dynamic of protein metabolism (increase of hemoglobin level from 119.2±9.6 to 122.6±6.8 g/l, p>0.05, blood serum protein and albumin). A tendency to increase the mental component of the quality of life (+4.2%) was found. Thus, meat-containing canned foods for enteral nutrition can be used in the diet of patients in the postoperative period, they are well tolerated in conditions with loss of appetite, are effective in patients with protein-energy malnutrition.