The reliability of predictive equations versus indirect calorimetry in kidney injury patients has been assessed in this paper published in Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism Journal. There are multiple equations for predicting resting energy expenditure (REE), whose accuracy in severe acute kidney injury (AKI) patients has been examined in this study. The main objectivw was to determine if predictive...

A new paper tested how acceptable can be among spinal cord injury patients to undertake an indirect calorimetry test with canopy hood. In the absence of reliable predictive equations, indirect calorimetry (IC) remains the gold standard for assessing energy requirements after spinal cord injury (SCI), but it is typically confined to a research setting. The purpose of this study is to assess the...

A new cross-sectional secondary analysis was published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) focusing on issue related to the indirect calorimetry test in hemodialysis patients. Indirect calorimetry requires a steady state (SS) protocol to determine measured resting energy expenditure (mREE). Achieving stringent criteria for an SS interval may be difficult for patients on maintenance...

A new study on the Nutrition Clinical Practice Journal demonstrates that the assessment of energy expenditure in cystic fibrosis patients requires indirect calorimetry and cannot be predicted by equations. Resting energy expenditure (REE) is increased in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) with end-stage lung disease due to chronic inflammation and pulmonary infections. After lung transplantation...