Enteral Nutrition Interruptions in ICU Patients: Mechanisms and Nursing Interventions

29 studies from diverse ICU settings were synthesized in this scoping review. The document, authored by Quanquan He and last updated in May 2026, summarizes evidence on the causes and impacts of feeding interruptions and evaluates nurse-led interventions. It follows JBI methodology and PRISMA ScR standards, with a literature search conducted up to April 2025.

Use Cases

• Identify common causes of enteral nutrition interruption based on reported percentages for procedural, gastrointestinal, and tube-related factors.
• Evaluate the clinical impact of interruptions based on reported associations with nutritional inadequacy, infection risk, and mortality.
• Assess the efficacy of precision nursing interventions based on reported improvements in energy and protein target achievement.
• Inform the development of standardized ICU feeding protocols based on synthesized evidence from guidelines and implementation projects.

Strengths

• Quantifies interruption causes with specific percentages (e.g., 63.4% procedural, 19.2% gastrointestinal intolerance).
• Reports measurable outcomes for interventions, showing improvement in energy target achievement from 26.9% to 57.0%.
• Follows established scoping review methodology (JBI, PRISMA ScR) and includes 29 studies from diverse ICU settings.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data is contained in a single 88.7 KB DOCX file, indicating a limited scope focused on review synthesis rather than raw patient data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Scoping review following JBI methodology, Arksey and O’Malley framework, and PRISMA ScR standards.

Time Range

Literature search conducted up to April 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 04:51:48; freshness should be verified.