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Wittholz K, Hinckfus C, Karahalios A, Panganiban H, Phillips N, Rotherham H, Rechnitzer T, Ali Abdelhamid Y, Deane AM, Fetterplace K. Association between protocol change to a higher-protein formula with lower energy targets and nutrient delivery in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2024; 48:429-439. [PMID: 38477349 DOI: 10.1002/jpen.2620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend prioritizing protein provision while avoiding excessive energy delivery to critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but there are no prospective studies evaluating such a targeted approach in this group. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a "higher-protein formula protocol" on protein, energy, and volume delivery when compared with standard nutrition protocol. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients with COVID-19 who received mechanical ventilation for >72 h and enteral nutrition. Before October 2021, the standard nutrition protocol for patients was 0.7 ml/kg/h ideal body weight (IBW) of a 63 g/L protein and 1250 kcal/L formula. From October 2021, we implemented a higher-protein formula protocol for patients with COVID-19. The initial prescription was 0.5 ml/kg/h IBW of a 100 g/L protein and 1260 kcal/L formula with greater emphasis on energy targets being directed by indirect calorimetry when possible. Measured outcomes included protein, energy, and volume delivered. RESULTS There were 114 participants (standard protocol, 48; higher-protein protocol, 66) with 1324 days of nutrition support. The median (95% CI) differences in protein, energy, and volume delivery between targeted and standard protocol periods were 0.08 g/kg/day (-0.02 to 0.18 g/kg/day), -1.71 kcal/kg/day (-3.64 to 0.21 kcal/kg/day) and -1.5 ml/kg/day (-2.9 to -0.1 ml/kg/day). Thirty-three patients (standard protocol, 7; higher-protein protocol, 26) had 44 indirect calorimetry assessments. There was no difference in measured energy expenditure over time (increased by 0.49 kcal/kg/day [-0.89 to 1.88 kcal/kg/day]). CONCLUSION Implementation of a higher-protein formula protocol to patients with COVID-19 modestly reduced volume administration without impacting protein and energy delivery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kym Wittholz
- Department of Allied Health (Clinical Nutrition), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Allied Health (Clinical Nutrition), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Beumeler LFE, Visser E, Buter H, Navis GJ, Boerma EC, van Zutphen T. Protein and energy intake in intensive care unit survivors during the first year of recovery: A descriptive cohort study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2024; 48:93-99. [PMID: 37886877 DOI: 10.1002/jpen.2572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many intensive care unit (ICU) survivors suffer long-term health issues that affect their quality of life. Nutrition inadequacy can limit their rehabilitation potential. This study investigates nutrition intake and support during ICU admission and recovery. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, 81 adult ICU patients with stays ≥48 h were included. Data on dietary intake, feeding strategies, baseline and ICU characteristics, and 1-year outcomes (physical health and readmission rates) were collected. The number of patients achieving 1.2 gram per kilogram per day of protein and 25 kilocalories per kilogram per day at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after ICU admission was recorded. The impact of dietary supplementation during the year was assessed. Baseline characteristics, intake barriers, and rehabilitation's influence on nutrition intake at 12 months were evaluated, along with the effect of inadequate intake on outcomes. RESULTS After 12 months, only 10% of 60 patients achieved 1.2 g/kg/day protein intake, whereas 28% reached the advised 25 kcal/kg/day energy target. Supplementary feeding significantly increased protein intake at 3, 6, and 12 months (P = 0.003, P = 0.012, and P = 0.033, respectively) and energy intake at 3 months (P = 0.003). A positive relation was found between female sex and energy intake at 12 months after ICU admission (β = 4.145; P = 0.043) and taste issues were independently associated with higher protein intake (β = 0.363; P = 0.036). However, achieving upper-quartile protein or energy intake did not translate into improved physical health outcomes. CONCLUSION Continuous and improved nutrition care is urgently needed to support patients in reaching nutrition adequacy.
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- Lise F E Beumeler
- Department of Intensive Care, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
- Department of Sustainable Health, Faculty Campus Fryslân, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Sustainable Health, Faculty Campus Fryslân, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
- Department of Sustainable Health, Faculty Campus Fryslân, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Sustainable Health, Faculty Campus Fryslân, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Wang Y, Li Y, Li Y, Li H, Zhang D. Enteral feeding strategies in patients with acute gastrointestinal injury: From limited to progressive to open feeding. Nutrition 2024; 117:112255. [PMID: 37897987 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2023.112255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) is very common in critically ill patients, and its severity is positively correlated with mortality. Critically ill patients with digestive and absorption dysfunction caused by AGI face higher nutritional risks, making nutritional support particularly important. Early enteral nutrition (EN) support is extremely important because it can promote the recovery of intestinal function, protect the intestinal mucosal barrier, reduce microbiota translocation, reduce postoperative complications, shorten hospital stay, and improve clinical prognosis. In recent years, many nutritional guidelines have been proposed for critically ill patients; however, there are few recommendations for the implementation of EN in patients with AGI, and their quality of evidence is low. The use of EN feeding strategies in critically ill patients with AGI remains controversial. The aim of this review was to elaborate on how EN feeding strategies should transition from limited to progressive to open feeding and explain the time window for this transition.
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- Youquan Wang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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Wittholz K, Fetterplace K, Karahalios A, Ali Abdelhamid Y, Beach L, Read D, Koopman R, Presneill JJ, Deane AM. Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate supplementation and functional outcomes in multitrauma patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2023; 47:983-992. [PMID: 37357015 DOI: 10.1002/jpen.2527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) is a nutrition supplement that may attenuate muscle wasting from critical illness. This trial aimed to determine feasibility of administering a blinded nutrition supplement in the intensive care unit (ICU) and continuing it after ICU discharge. METHODS Single-center, parallel-group, blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized feasibility trial. After traumatic injury necessitating admission to ICU, participants were randomized to receive an enteral study supplement of 3 g of HMB (intervention) or placebo daily for 28 days or until hospital discharge. Primary outcome was feasibility of administering the study supplement, quantified as protocol adherence. Secondary outcomes included change in quadriceps muscle thickness, measured weekly until day 28 or hospital discharge by using ultrasound and analyzed by using a linear mixed model. RESULTS Fifty randomized participants (intervention, n = 26; placebo, n = 24) showed comparable baseline characteristics. Participants received 862 (84.3%) of the 1022 prescribed supplements during hospitalization with 543 (62.8%) delivered via an enteral feeding tube. The median (IQR) number of study supplements successfully administered per participant was 19.5 (13.0-24.0) in the intervention group and 16.5 (8.5-23.5) in the placebo group. Marked loss of quadriceps muscle thickness occurred in both groups, with the point estimate favoring attenuated muscle loss with the intervention, albeit with wide CIs (mean intervention difference after 28 days, 0.26 cm [95% CI, -0.13 to 0.64]). CONCLUSION A blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of daily enteral HMB supplementation for up to 28 days in hospital is feasible. Any effect of HMB supplementation to attenuate muscle wasting after traumatic injury remains uncertain.
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- Kym Wittholz
- Department of Allied Health (Clinical Nutrition), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Allied Health (Clinical Nutrition), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Center of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Allied Health (Physiotherapy), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Trauma and General Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Center for Muscle Research, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Casas LDD, Antonio TJM, Goyena EA, Desnacido JP, Cajucom MP, Nokom DJM, Galat ME, Angeles-Agdeppa I, Guiao JL, Ulep VGT, Uy J. Assessment of the quality of inpatient meals and nutrition and dietetics service processes in select Philippine public hospitals. Nutr Diet 2023; 80:399-412. [PMID: 36843236 DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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AIMS The nutrition and dietetics service in Philippine public hospitals was implemented by the Department of Health in 2016 to standardise the daily allowance and nutritional content of inpatient meals. Five years later, it is timely for the Department of Health to assess the quality of inpatient meals and mandated nutrition processes in areas such as staffing, food service, and outcomes monitoring. METHODS A mixed-method sequential explanatory design was employed using (1) quantitative assessment through a facility survey (n = 193 hospitals) and (2) qualitative exploration of quantitative results through 6 focus group discussions (n = 36 hospitals). RESULTS Philippine public hospitals were unequipped with the inputs necessary to implement processes that produce high-quality meals for patients. The hospitals were unable to comply with the required minimum meal allowance (51%), nutritional content of meals (40%), and food service standards. Moreover, they had insufficient human resources and inefficient food procurement practices. CONCLUSIONS The quality of nutrition care and inpatient meals in Philippine public hospitals, who serve mostly people on low incomes, is a neglected problem in the Philippines. Moving forward, a systems approach involving the Department of Health, its regional offices, and hospital management is necessary to equip Philippine public hospitals with the inputs and structures necessary to provide high-quality nutrition care and inpatient meals that will facilitate patient recovery and overall patient health.
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- Lyle Daryll D Casas
- Research Department, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Quezon City, Philippines
- College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
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- Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig City, Philippines
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- Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig City, Philippines
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- Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig City, Philippines
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- Health Facility Development Bureau, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines
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- Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Taguig City, Philippines
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- Health Facility Development Bureau, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines
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- Research Department, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Quezon City, Philippines
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Ateneo de Manila University, Makati, Philippines
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- Research Department, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Quezon City, Philippines
- Health Sciences Program, School of Science and Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW ICU survivors often spend long periods of time in general wards following transfer from ICU in which they are still nutritionally compromised. This brief review will focus on the feeding of patients recovering from critical illness, as no formal recommendations or guidelines on nutrition management are available for this specific situation. RECENT FINDINGS While feeding should start in the ICU, it is important to continue and adapt nutritional plans on the ward to support individuals recovering from critical illness. This process is highly complex - suboptimal feeding may contribute significantly to higher morbidity and mortality, and seriously hinder recovery from illness. Recently, consensus diagnostic criteria for malnutrition have been defined and large-scale trials have advanced our understanding of the pathophysiological pathways underlying malnutrition. They have also helped further develop treatment algorithms. However, we must continue to identify specific clinical parameters and blood biomarkers to further personalize therapy for malnourished patients. Better understanding of such factors may help us adapt nutritional plans more efficiently. SUMMARY Adequate nutrition is a vigorous component of treatment in the post-ICU period and can enhance recovery and improve clinical outcome. To better personalize nutritional treatment because not every patient benefits from support in the same manner, it is important to further investigate biomarkers with a possible prognostic value.
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- Carla Gressies
- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau
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- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Puthucheary ZA, Rice TW. Nutritional priorities in patients with severe COVID-19. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2022; 25:277-281. [PMID: 35703977 PMCID: PMC9247039 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0000000000000835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the profile of critical care services internationally, as professionals around the globe have struggled to rise to the unprecedented challenge faced, both in terms of individual patient management and the sheer volume of patients that require treatment and management in intensive care. This review article sets out key priorities in nutritional interventions during the patient journey, both in the acute and recovery phases. RECENT FINDINGS The current review covers the care of the acutely unwell patient, and the evidence base for nutritional interventions in the COVID-19 population. One of the biggest differences in caring for critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure from COVID-19 is often the time prior to intubation. This represents specific nutritional challenges, as does nursing patients in the prone position or in the setting of limited resources. This article goes on to discuss nutritional support for COVID-19 sufferers as they transition through hospital wards and into the community. SUMMARY Nutritional support of patients with severe COVID-19 is essential. Given the longer duration of their critical illness, combined with hypermetabolism and energy expenditure, patients with COVID-19 are at increased risk for malnutrition during and after their hospital stay.
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- Zudin A Puthucheary
- William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
- Adult Critical Care Unit, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
- Division of Allergy, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Affiliation(s)
- Adam M Deane
- University of Melbourne, Melbourne Medical School, Department of Critical Care
- Intensive Care Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Deane AM, Casaer MP. Editorial: A broader perspective of nutritional therapy for the critically ill. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2021; 24:139-141. [PMID: 33394600 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0000000000000732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Adam M Deane
- University of Melbourne, Melbourne Medical School, Department of Medicine and Radiology
- Intensive Care Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Clinical Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium
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Caccialanza R, Lobascio F, Masi S, Crotti S, Cereda E. Reply to "Nutritional approach to patients with coronavirus: our experience in 914 COVID-19-bed hospital". Nutrition 2021; 86:111203. [PMID: 33941426 PMCID: PMC7881282 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Riccardo Caccialanza
- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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