Published in Frontiers in Nutrition
With the advancement of medical care and the continuous improvement of organ support technologies, some critically ill patients survive the acute phase of their illness but still experience persistent organ dysfunction, necessitating long-term reliance on intensive care and organ support, known as chronic critical illness. Chronic critical illness ...
Published in Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation
Hemodialysis (HD) and pressure injuries (PI) are both hypercatabolic states that may contribute to protein-energy wasting development. These conditions require increased energy and protein to prevent losses from HD and support wound healing. Nutrition support therapy using intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) with or without a combination of o...
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
The use of noninvasive respiratory support is increasing, with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and high-flow nasal cannula providing unique barriers to nutrition support. Limited data related to nutrition management for these patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) exist; however, the literature in non-critically ill patients is not well described,...
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Enteral nutrition (EN) therapy is a multistep process including evaluation, prescription, procurement, dispensing, labeling, administration, and monitoring. EN therapy is prone to human errors, but these are poorly defined in the literature. The purpose of this study was to audit EN administration practices to quantify errors of execution and ident...
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Patients receiving home parenteral nutrition (HPN) frequently report disrupted sleep. However, there are often inconsistencies between objectively measured and questionnaire-derived sleep measures. We compared sleep measures estimated from wrist actigraphy and self-report in adults receiving HPN. In this secondary analysis, we pooled data from two ...
Published in JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Nutrition societies recommended remote hospital nutrition care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the pandemic's impact on nutrition care quality is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the association between remote nutrition care during the first COVID-19 wave and the time to start and achieve the nutrition therapy (NT) go...
Aim: Standardised enteral nutrition protocols are recommended in critical care, however their use and safety are not well described in other inpatient populations. This mixed methods study reports on the use and safety of enteral nutrition protocols for non-critically ill adults. Methods: A scoping review of published literature was conducted. In a...
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common pediatric traumas among children in the United States. Appropriate nutrition support, including the initiation of early enteral nutrition, within the first 48 h after injury is crucial for children with a TBI. It is important that clinicians avoid both underfeeding and overfeeding, as both ca...
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Nutrition impact symptoms and unintended weight loss are prevalent in patients with gastrointestinal cancers, especially during the perioperative period or while prescribed anticancer treatments. Because patients may experience loss of lean body mass and malnutrition, aggressive nutrition intervention prior to surgery should be considered. Cancer p...
