The Importance of a Clinical Diet and Nutritional Management for 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 1234

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Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hitachi General Hospital, 2-1-1, Jonan-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317-0077, Japan
Interests: clinical nutrition; critical care; post-intensive care syndrome; protein; PICS; ICU-AW; ICU rehabilitation
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Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute your research to this Special Issue titled “The Importance of a Clinical Diet and Nutritional Management for Patients” . Nutritional therapy in the acute phase, especially for critically ill patients, has been fraught with various forms of chaos. However, the accumulation of evidence over the past decade has created a certain trend, and a form of critical care nutrition that contributes to (or detrimentally affects) prognoses is steadily taking shape. We are entering a new era, in which clinical nutrition for patients with acute illnesses should be re-evaluated.

This Special Issue is open to research widely concerning clinical nutrition for patients with acute illnesses, including critically ill patients. We welcome the submission of both original research articles (including both intervention and observational studies) and reviews.

Dr. Kensuke Nakamura
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Keywords

  • acute illness
  • critical care
  • post-intensive care syndrome
  • protein
  • energy
  • intensive care unit
  • oral nutritional supplement
  • enteral nutrition
  • parenteral nutrition

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Combined Effect of Early Nutrition Therapy and Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
by Yohei Oyama, Hiroomi Tatsumi, Hiroko Takikawa, Natsuko Taniguchi and Yoshiki Masuda
Nutrients 2024, 16(5), 739; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050739 - 05 Mar 2024
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The effectiveness of rehabilitation programs (RP) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation remains controversial. However, few studies have investigated the combined effects of exercise and nutritional therapy. This study aimed to determine the effects of combined nutritional therapy on the physical function [...] Read more.
The effectiveness of rehabilitation programs (RP) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation remains controversial. However, few studies have investigated the combined effects of exercise and nutritional therapy. This study aimed to determine the effects of combined nutritional therapy on the physical function and nutritional status of patients with COPD exacerbation who underwent early RP. A randomized controlled trial was conducted in patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbations. Patients were assigned to receive a regular diet in addition to RP (control group) or RP and nutrition therapy (intervention group). Physical function, including quadricep strength and body composition, was assessed. The intervention group was administered protein-rich oral nutritional supplements. A total of 38 patients with negligible baseline differences were included in the analysis. The intervention group showed a notably greater change in quadriceps strength. Lean body mass and skeletal muscle indices markedly decreased in the control group but were maintained in the intervention group. Logistic regression analysis identified nutritional therapy as a significant factor associated with increased muscle strength. No serious adverse events were observed in either group. Therefore, nutritional therapy combined with RP is safe and effective for improving exercise function while maintaining body composition in patients with COPD exacerbation. Full article
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