Abstract:Objective To investigate the feasibility and safety of early oral feeding and self-feeled hunger in patients with moderate acute pancreatitis. Methods A total of 120 patients with moderate acute pancreatitis were randomly divided into early oral refeeding (EORF) group and conventional oral refeeding (CORF) group, 60 cases in each group. Patients in EORF group with were given food through the mouth when they felt hungry, and patients in CORF group were allowed to eat when laboratory parameters were normal and they were without abdominal pain. Clinical indexes and complications between the two groups were observed and compared. Results The serum amylase, lipase, white blood cell count and blood sugar of the EORF group before oral feeding were higher than those of the CORF group (P < 0.05). The blood sugar of the EORF group was higher than that of the CORF group before discharge (P < 0.05). The total hospitalization time and recovery time of abdominal pain in EORF group were lower than those in CORF group (P < 0.05). Conclusions It is safe and feasible to use the subjective hunger of patients as the criterion to restore oral feeding in patients with moderate acute pancreatitis.