The importance of measuring and not estimating Resting Energy Expenditure has been confirmed also for critically ill cardiac patients in a pilot trial published on Heart Lung Vessel Journal. The aim of present pilot trial was to evaluate the actual resting energy expenditures (REE) among haemodynamically compromised cardiac patients. The study concludes that "indirect calorimetry is...
A new study on Critical Care Journal describes international nutrition support practices in critically ill head-injured patients. Given that critical illness following head injury is associated with a hypermetabolic state, the study major finding was that nutritional deficits are commonplace and these deficits are associated with a delay to discharge alive. The study, based on a dataset of...
This study published in the Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, investigates metabolic changes and nutritional needs during the postsurgical anabolic phase in infants. This analysis explores the associations of resting energy expenditure (REE) and macronutrient utilization with body composition of full-term infants, during catch-up growth after corrective surgery of major congenital...
The importance of measuring Resting Energy Expenditure through Indirect calorimetry has been examined and confirmed in a study published on the ASPEN Nutrition in Clinical Practice Journal. Critically ill patients often require nutrition support, but accurately determining energy needs in these patients is difficult. Energy expenditure is affected by patient characteristics such as weight,...
The updated Guidelines by Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) were published in beginning of 2016 on the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. This particular report is an update and expansion of guidelines published by A.S.P.E.N. and SCCM in 2009. The intended use of these guidelines is for all healthcare...
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