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Feeding adequacy among critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit and its association with clinical outcomes: a narrative review


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Lee, Zheng Yii and Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak and Ibrahim, Noor Airini (2017) Feeding adequacy among critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit and its association with clinical outcomes: a narrative review. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 5 (2). 113 - 121. ISSN 2304-0009; ESSN 2307-7654

Abstract

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is one of the disciplines in the hospital that provides close monitoring to the seriously ill or injured patients, also known as the critically ill patients. Critically ill patients in the ICU are usually unable to maintain volitional oral nutrition intake and therefore require nutritional therapy. Nutritional therapy can be delivered via the enteral or parenteral route. Optimal nutrition adequacy (i.e. neither underfeeding nor overfeeding) is very important for better clinical outcome. However, the problem of suboptimal feeding adequacy continues to be reported over the years. This article attempts to give an overview of the literature on feeding adequacy and the relationship of feeding adequacy with clinical outcomes among the critically ill patients in the ICU.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v5i2.34390
Publisher: Bangladesh Society of Critical Care Medicine
Keywords: Critical illness; Intensive Care Unit; Nutritional therapy; Feeding adequacy
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2019 08:11
Last Modified: 25 Feb 2019 08:11
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.3329/bccj.v5i2.34390
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61877
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