[Effect of an original enteral feeding protocol on clinical outcome indicators in patients with acute cerebral damage of vascular and traumatic genesis].

The prospective randomized controlled study enrolled 58 patients diagnosed as having brain injury and hemorrhagic stroke. Enteral feeding was started within the first 24 hours after admission to an intensive care unit (ICU); a control group (n = 28) was given an isocalorie formula while a study group (n = 28) received a combination of a hypercalorie formula and a fiber-containing formula. In the study group, the intestine was stimulated with erythromycin within the first 3 days.