Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
- Volume 10 Issue 2
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- Pages.105-112
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- 2008
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- 2383-6415(pISSN)
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- 2383-6423(eISSN)
A Study on the Incidence of Diarrhea According to the Density of Nutrients Formulations in Nasogastric Tube-feeding Patients
비위관영양환자의 영양물 농도가 설사유발정도에 미치는 효과
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Park, Mi-Suk
(Nurse of Kangwon National University Hospital) ;
- Kim, Joo-Hyun (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
- Kwak, Chan-Yeong (College of Nursing, Korea University)
- Received : 2008.09.15
- Accepted : 2008.12.16
- Published : 2008.12.31
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in the incidence of diarrhea among the subjects given hypertonic and isotonic nutrients to the nasogastric tube feeding patients in the a critical care setting. Methods: This study is aquasi-experimental study with a pre & post-test design. The sample size of 40 was calculated based on Cohen's formula (1988). The total of 40 subjects who signed the informed consent were randomly selected and divided evenly into two groups, experimental and control group. Results: There are no significant differences between the two groups in homogeneity test (sex, age, albumin level, the use of antibiotics, antacid, and