Enriching feeding tube nutrition with immune-modulating nutrients does not reduce risk of infection among ICU patients
Among mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients, receipt of high-protein nutrition via a feeding tube enriched with immune-modulating nutrients (such as glutamine, omega-3 fatty…
August 5, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: care-unit, diet, feeding-tube, icu, mechanically-ventilated, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutrition-via, oncalldiets, such-as-glutamine, ventilated-intensive
Intravenous Nutrition In Critically Ill Patients Should Be Delayed, Study Finds
Patients in the intensive care unit who do not tolerate adequate nutrition from tube feeding should wait a week before receiving intravenous (IV) feeding because, compared with early IV feeding, it enhances recovery from critical illness. Results of a new multicenter study from Belgium will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston…
June 6, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual-meeting, belgium, care-unit, endocrine, feeding-because, feeding-should, not-tolerate, oncalldiets, the-intensive
