Mortality and overall and specific infection complication rates in patients who receive parenteral nutrition: systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

ConclusionsThis study suggests that although PN is not associated with greater mortality in hospitalized patients, it is associated with infectious complications. Through TSA, definite conclusions about survival and infection rates could be made.This review was registered atwww.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/ as CRD42018075599.
Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Source Type: research