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Parenteral Nutrition Containing Fish Oil for Hospitalized Non-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Nutrients2025The record ↗

  1. Finding, moderate evidencelowersHospital length of stay

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  • Decreases hospital length of stay

    moderate

    “The results showed a reduction in the length of hospital stay of 2.03 days (95% CI 1.23–2.84; p < 0.00001) with FO-PN.”
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Interests
    Industry funded
    Population
    Adults hospitalized outside the ICU receiving parenteral nutrition providing at least 70% of energy; fish oil-containing PN versus PN without fish oil, pooled across 18 randomized trials

Study record

Design
meta-analysis
Species
human
Population
Adult patients hospitalized outside the ICU (medical or surgical wards) receiving parenteral nutrition providing at least 70% of energy; 29 RCTs
Participants
2,587
Comparator
an active treatment
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
18