Enteral feeding was not superior to parenteral feeding for early nutritional support in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation and vasopressor support for shock, according to the results of a study published in The Lancet. Acute critical illness requiring mechanical ventilation carries a risk for severe malnutrition. Jean Reignier, MD, professor at the Universite de Nantes in France, and colleagues explored whether early first-line enteral nutrition would result in better outcomes than early parenteral nutrition.

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