Abstract
Route, early or energy? \u2026 Protein improves protein balance in critically ill patients
Highlights
The critical care community still has mixed feelings when considering the optimal nutrition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which is understandable as randomized controlled trials have not been very helpful in improving clinical practice
Energy delivery should be applied cautiously since it appears to be related to worse outcome in ICU patients [7–9]
Correspondence: p.weijs@vumc.nl 1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Full list of author information is available at the end of the article practice in our ICU the enteral feeding levels are high enough to avoid parenteral nutrition (PN) supplementation, which restricts the specific indication to use PN
Summary
The critical care community still has mixed feelings when considering the optimal nutrition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which is understandable as randomized controlled trials have not been very helpful in improving clinical practice. Starting feeding early may improve the outcome of ICU patients. Energy delivery should be applied cautiously since it appears to be related to worse outcome in ICU patients [7–9].
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