Initial Nutritional Management During NIV and Outcomes

Initial Nutritional Management During NIV and Outcomes

Patients starting noninvasive ventilation (NIV) to treat acute respiratory failure are often unable to eat and therefore remain in the fasting state or receive nutritional support. Nearly three-fifths of patients receiving... read more

Enteral vs. Parenteral Early Nutrition in Ventilated Adults with Shock

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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