Role of nutrition support in adult cardiac surgery: a consensus statement from an International Multidisciplinary Expert Group on Nutrition in Cardiac Surgery

Abstract Nutrition support is a necessary therapy for critically ill cardiac surgery patients. However, conclusive evidence for this population, consisting of well-conducted clinical trials is lacking. To clarify optimal strategies to improve outcomes, an international multidisciplinary group of 25...

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Main Authors: Christian Stoppe, Andreas Goetzenich, Glenn Whitman, Rika Ohkuma, Trish Brown, Roupen Hatzakorzian, Arnold Kristof, Patrick Meybohm, Jefferey Mechanick, Adam Evans, Daniel Yeh, Bernard McDonald, Michael Chourdakis, Philip Jones, Richard Barton, Ravi Tripathi, Gunnar Elke, Oliver Liakopoulos, Ravi Agarwala, Vladimir Lomivorotov, Ekaterina Nesterova, Gernot Marx, Carina Benstoem, Margot Lemieux, Daren K. Heyland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-017-1690-5