The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition hosts a new study, which summarizes recent research on the importance of indirect calorimetry in predicting weight gain and obesity. The study reviewed data from indirect calorimetry key metabolic predictors (resting metabolic rate, spontaneous physical activity and respiratory quotient) to gain insights into the determinants of energy metabolism and its...
A new prospective cohort study published on ESPEN's Clinical Nutrition Journal evaluated the role and the feasibility of indirect calorimetry (IC) among patients admitted in intensive care units with diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI). A key issue on these patients is that general recommendations suggest to not perform IC during dialysis, but this may preclude EE measurement and hinder nutritional...
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...
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