The etiology and prevention of feeding intolerance paralytic ileus – revisiting an old concept

Table 1 Postoperative Protein Balances

		Days	Average Daily Protein			Hours to
Operation	Age	Fed	Catabolized	Fed	Balance	(+) Balance
1. Abdomino-perineal Resection	79	2	88	163	+ 75	15
2. Abdomino-perineal Resection	83	4	93	149	+ 56	4
3. Abdomino-perineal Resection	29	2	35	41	+ 6	24
4. Abdomino-perineal Resection	17	2	101	118	+ 17	8
5. Sigmoid Resection	60	2	104	122	+ 18	26
6. Sigmoid Resection	69	2	78	100	+ 22	7
7. Sigmoid Resection	76	2	42	77	+ 35	6
8. Sigmoid Resection	55	2	43	133	+ 90	22
9. Sigmoid & Bladder Resection	45	2	85	86	+ 1	18
10. Vagotomy	41	1	88	100	+ 17	7
11. Vagotomy	64	2	104	154	+ 50	6
12. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty	70	4	68	150	+ 82	24
13. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty	45	2	84	100	+ 16	18
14. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty	60	2	85	136	+ 51	6
15. Vagotomy & Pyloroplasty	57	2	106	189	+ 83	6
16. V & P + Gastrectomy	38	2	31	85	+ 54	20
17. V & P + Gastrectomy + G.B.	60	2	98	104	+ 6	10
18. Hysterectomy	45	2	51	74	+ 23	6
19. Cholecystectomy	49	2	65	72	+ 7	24
20. Cholecystectomy	48	1	49	200	+151	2
21. Cholecystectomy	38	2	82	86	+ 4	17
22. Ileostomy Revision	32	1	38	140	+102	7
23. Ovarian Cystectomy	56	2	45	99	+ 54	23
24. Colostomy Closure	62	1	54	190	+136	4

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