Enteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis: A review of the current evidence

Table 2 Studies investigating the potential benefits of early vs late enteral feeding

Ref.	Year	Country/Institution	No. of patients	Control arm	Benefits of early vs late enteral feeding
Sun et al[29]	2013	China/Nanjing Medical University	60	Late enteral feeding	Lower infective complication, MOF and SIRS rates
Wereszczynska-Siemiatkowska et al[30]	2013	Poland/Medical University Bialystok	197	Late enteral feeding	Lower complication and mortality rates
Sun et al[31]	2013	China/Nanjing Medical University	60	Late enteral feeding	Lower intra-abdominal hypertension rate

MOF: Multi-organ failure; SIRS: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome.