Nutrition in the intensive care unit
Nutrition has evolved into an integral part of modern critical care for both medical and surgical patients. Multiple international societies now issue evidence-based guidelines to help clinician optimize their patients’ Nutrition. However, adherence to these guidelines throughout the country is poor...
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Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
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| description | Nutrition has evolved into an integral part of modern critical care for both medical and surgical patients. Multiple international societies now issue evidence-based guidelines to help clinician optimize their patients’ Nutrition. However, adherence to these guidelines throughout the country is poor, and education in nutrition is still lagging in medical school. The authors also highlight four key areas where evidence-based recommendations exist – timing of initiation of enteral feeding, calculating and meeting total daily requirements, use of gastric residual volumes to guide delivery, and interuption of feeding for procedures – but are currently often not followed. Reasons for this lack of adherence are explored, and potential solutions discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b1692ced5ec49c69d26385eed420b1c2022-12-22T01:12:18ZengSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care ChroniclesSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles2325-92052015-03-013101016179Nutrition in the intensive care unitChase C. Hansen0Sharmila Dissanaike1medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock.faculty physician in the Department of Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.Nutrition has evolved into an integral part of modern critical care for both medical and surgical patients. Multiple international societies now issue evidence-based guidelines to help clinician optimize their patients’ Nutrition. However, adherence to these guidelines throughout the country is poor, and education in nutrition is still lagging in medical school. The authors also highlight four key areas where evidence-based recommendations exist – timing of initiation of enteral feeding, calculating and meeting total daily requirements, use of gastric residual volumes to guide delivery, and interuption of feeding for procedures – but are currently often not followed. Reasons for this lack of adherence are explored, and potential solutions discussed.http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/195Nutritionintensive care unit (ICU)malnutritioncritically illguidelines |
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| topic | Nutrition intensive care unit (ICU) malnutrition critically ill guidelines |
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