Tag: nutrition
Enteral vs. Parenteral Early Nutrition in Ventilated Adults with Shock
In critically ill adults with shock, early isocaloric enteral nutrition did not reduce mortality or the risk of secondary infections but was associated with a greater risk of digestive complications compared with early isocaloric... read more
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades
The number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades. If current trends continue, more children and adolescents will be obese than moderately or severely... read more
Nutrition in Surgery and Critical Care
DCRI Perioperative Nutrition focuses on the study of hospital-based treatments to improve preparation and recovery from surgery, major illness, and critical care. We put real science into improving patients' lives with interventions... read more
Current Clinical Nutrition Practices in Critically Ill Patients in Latin America
In the ICU setting in Latin America, malnutrition was highly prevalent and caloric intake failed to meet targeted energy delivery in 40% of critically ill adults receiving nutrition therapy. Supplemental administration of... read more
nutritionDay ICU
An worldwide prevalence study to determine the nutrition practice in the ICUs and the associated outcome across the world, a yearly 1 day cross sectional audit was performed from 2007 to 2013. This very large collaborative... read more
Most ICU Patients Underfed
A large international multicentre cohort study shows that most of the patients are underfed during their ICU stay. In their findings published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, researchers say most of the patients in intensive... read more
The Science and Art of Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition
Malnutrition is prevalent in the pediatric ICU population, and is associated with worse outcomes. Nutrition support teams, dedicated dietitians, and educational programs facilitate surveillance for existing malnutrition and... read more
Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient
This document represents the first collaboration between two organizations, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, to describe best practices in nutrition therapy in... read more
Are We Creating Survivors or Victims in Critical Care?
Delivering targeted nutrition to improve outcomes. Over the last 10 years, we are proud of the fact we have finally begun to reduce in-hospital mortality following severe sepsis in some countries worldwide. Further, mortality... read more
Muscle Mass and Physical Recovery in ICU: Innovations for targeting of Nutrition and Exercise
New innovative techniques are demonstrating promise to target recovery from PICS utilizing a combination of objective LBM and metabolic assessment, targeted nutrition interventions, personalized exercise interventions for... read more
A randomized trial of supplemental parenteral nutrition in underweight and overweight critically ill patients
Nutrition guidelines recommendations differ on the use of parenteral nutrition (PN), and existingclinical trial data are inconclusive. Our recent observational data show that amounts of energy/protein receivedearly in the... read more
Malnutrition, Critical Illness Survivors, and Postdischarge Outcomes
The exposure of interest was malnutrition determined at intensive care unit (ICU) admission by a registered dietitian using clinical judgment and on data related to unintentional weight loss, inadequate nutrient intake, and... read more
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program Implementation
In this pre-post difference-in-differences study of 15 849 surgical patients at 20 medical centers in Northern California, implementation of a multifaceted enhanced recovery program was associated with a one-third reduction... read more
The Gut Microbiome and Its Role in Cardiovascular Diseases
The trimethylamine/TMAO pathway likely represents only one of many microbe-dependent pathways that will ultimately be linked to cardiovascular disease pathogenesis, and proven to be an important diagnostic and therapeutic... read more
Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature
The Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Literature Update (CCPLU) Group is composed of over 50 experienced critical care pharmacists who evaluate 31 peer-reviewed journals monthly to identify literature pertaining to pharmacotherapy... read more
Nutrition in critically ill adults: A systematic quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines
Nutritional support in the acutely ill is a complex topic. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed to assist healthcare professionals working in this field. However, the quality of these clinical guidelines... read more
Effect of Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in major burn patients
The inclusion of ω-3 PUFAs in a low fat diet in ICU burned patients was associated with significant clinical benefits compared to a conventional low fat diet, with lower rates of severe sepsis, septic shock and pyloric dysfunction.... read more
