Enteral feeding and early outcomes of patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation following myeloablative conditioning.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of enteral nutrition on early outcome of patients after myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). From January 2001 to January 2003, 22 patients agreed to receive enteral nutrition via a nasogastric feeding tube; the remaining 23 patients received parenteral nutrition (n=22) or standard oral feeding (n=1). Early complications and factors influencing 100-day overall survival (OS) were investigated.