Nutritional Support for Neurocritically Ill Patients

Nutritional assessment and support are often overlooked in the critically ill due to other urgent priorities. Unlike oxygenation, organ dysfunction, infection, or consciousness, there is no consensus of indicators. Making it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention. Nevertheless, appropriate nutritional support in the critically ill has been associated with less morbidity and lower mortality. But, nutritional support has been considered an adjunct, for body weight maintenance and to help patients during the inflammatory phase of illness. Thus, it has been assigned a lower priority, compared to mechanical ventilation or hemodynamic stability. Recent findings have shown that nutritional support may prevent cellular injury due to oxidative stress and help strengthen the immune response. Large-scale randomized trials and clinical guidelines have shown a shift from nutritional support to nutritional therapy, with an emphasis on the importance of protein, minerals, vitamins, and trace elements. Nutrition is also important in neurocritically ill patients. Since there are few studies or recommendations with regard to the neurocritical population, the general recommendations for nutritional support should be applied..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of Neurocritical Care - 11(2018), 2, Seite 71-80

Sprache:

Englisch ; Koreanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hae-Bong Jeong [VerfasserIn]
Soo-Hyun Park [VerfasserIn]
Ho Geol Ryu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Critical illness
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Nutrition assessment
Nutritional requirements

doi:

10.18700/jnc.180070

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ015452018