Enteral nutrition is preferred over parenteral nutrition as a result of the greater safety of enteral nutrition therapy and comparative convenience. A wide variety of enteral nutrition products have ...

The introduction to the 2009 guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition on nutrition in the intensive care unit (ICU) states, ...

Whether enteral nutrition (EN) is superior to parenteral nutrition (PN) in critically ill patients with severe acute pancreatitis remains unknown. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the ...

Enteral nutrition is defined as the provision of essential nutrients through an enteral tube to prevent or treat disease-related malnutrition in patients who are unable to consume adequate nutrients ...

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of implementing an enteral nutrition algorithm on achieving optimal enteral nutrition delivery in the PICU. Design: Prospective pre/post implementation audit of ...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity among Americans has grown significantly. When malnourished individuals are hospitalized with critical illnesses, many face increased health risks and ...

The effect of delivering nutrition at different calorie levels during critical illness is uncertain, and patients typically receive less than the recommended amount. We conducted a multicenter, double ...

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 ...

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Francesca Di Mario, about hypomagnesemia in critically ill patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and discusses how Nova Biomedical instruments are ...

Innovative system measures stomach motility to help clinicians identify enteral feeding intolerance Technology designed to help address malnutrition in the ICU and support clinical decision-making ...