BACKGROUND: Infection is a serious complication of nutritional support, causing a high rate of mortality and morbidity. @entity3124 @entity1 having nutritional support are prone to @entity166 . Questions regarding the effects of the route of nutrition in @entity166 have been asked. We aimed to determine the relationship between the route of nutrition and the risk of developing @entity166 in severely ill @entity1 on nutritional support in an intensive care unit. METHODS: A retrospective review was performed on the files of 144 severely ill @entity1 who had either enteral or parenteral nutrition during follow-up in an intensive care unit. The primary diagnoses of @entity1 were heterogenous. RESULTS: Sixty-eight (35.8%) of them acquired novel infections during the hospitalization period. Forty-nine and 19 of the 68 infected @entity1 had enteral and parenteral nutrition support, respectively. Seventy-six (40%) of the @entity1 were free of @entity281 . Fifty-one of 76 @entity281 -free @entity1 had enteral nutrition support, and 25 of them had parenteral nutrition support. @entity358 , urinary tract infections, @entity1212 and @entity295 were the most frequent types of @entity166 . There was no significant difference in the rate of @entity166 between enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition groups (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: We conclude that the route of the nutritional support in severely ill @entity1 having nutritional support in an intensive care unit does not affect the rate of @entity166 . We think that comorbid medical conditions and the need of intensive care unit support are more important parameters that determine the risk of development of @entity166 .

Route of nutrition has no effect on the development of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1212 :: ('MESH:D055499', 'Disease') :: ['catheter infections'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['septicemia'] @entity3124 :: ('MESH:D016638', 'Disease') :: ['Critically ill'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['Pulmonary infections'] @entity166 :: ('MESH:D003141', 'Disease') :: ['infectious complications']
@entity166 :: (MESH:D003141,Disease) :: ['infectious complications']
