[Comparative study on the enteral and parenteral nutrition during early postburn stage in burn patients].

Objective: To investigate the influence of early enteral nutrition on the nutritional indices of the burn patients.

Methods: Thirty-seven burn patients were enrolled in the study and were randomly divided into early enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN) groups. The body weight, serum levels of prealbumin and transferrin, the incidence of burn sepsis, and the hospital stay days were surveyed respectively and compared between these two groups.