Incidence of Diarrhea Using High and Low Osmolality Enteral Tube Feeding in Critically Ill Surgical Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Contraindication to receiving one of the study TF formulations
• •Inability to tolerate at least 75% of estimated requirement by day 3 of enteral TF administration
• •Clostridium difficile infection or other cause of infectious diarrhea prior to study enrollment
• •Presence of an ileostomy or colostomy
• •History of inflammatory bowel disease, bowel resection, short gut syndrome, or chronic diarrhea