The Impact of Nutritional Support on Improving Treatment Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nutritional support for critically ill patients is essential, but the results of multiple studies indicate that the nutrition of patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) is often not optimal. Factors such as inadequate nutrient intake, impaired gastric emptying, and intestinal dysmotility can lead to malnutrition, which is associated with immunosuppression, poor wound healing, and muscle weakness. In this Special Issue of Nutrients, we will discuss the usefulness of various tools for assessing nutritional status and estimating energy requirements in critically ill patients. Parenteral nutrition versus enteral nutrition and the optimal timing with which to start enteral nutrition will be discussed. Studies examining different approaches to the nutrition of ICU patients are welcome for submission.
Dr. Barbara Adamik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- critically ill
- enteral nutrition
- biomarkers
- NUTRIC score
- calories
- proteins
