Association of using enteral nutrition containing probiotics and dietary inflammatory index with inflammatory factors serum levels and gastrointestinal complications in infected patients with COVID-19

Association of using enteral nutrition containing probiotics and dietary inflammatory index with inflammatory factors serum levels and gastrointestinal complications in infected patients with COVID-19 Mahsa Mohajeri, Negin Abedi Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to examine the association between the dietary inflammatory index, the consumption of Enteral Nutrition Supplemented with probiotics with certain serum inflammation markers and gastrointestinal complications among individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.This cross-sectional investigation involved 100 COVID-19 patients who were admitted to intensive care units in hospitals. These patients were administered two different types of Enteral Nutrition, so the dietary inflammatory index (DII), gastrointestinal complications and some serum inflammation markers have been compared between two groups.The mean DII scores in all patients were significantly pro-inflammatory (probiotic formula 2.81 ± 0.01 vs usual formula group 2.93 ± 0.14 p = 0.19). The probiotic formula consumption had an inverse association with High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein concentration (coef = −3.19, 95% CI −1.25, −5.14 p = 0.001) and lead to a reduction of 2.14 mm/h in the serum level of Erythrocyte sedimentation rate compared to normal formula. The incidence of diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting in probiotic formula patients was respectively 94%, 14% and 86% less than in usual f...
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