Search Tag: Nutrition
Immunity-and-nutrition-how-diet-impacts-your-bodys-defence-system
2024 21 Feb
Our immune system serves as our body's dedicated shield, tirelessly protecting us from various harmful invaders, including viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. But what if I told you that the food on your plate can be your immune system's best ally in this ongoing battle against diseases? This blog post will explore the fascinating...Read more
5th-european-lifestyle-medicine-congress
2023 10 Nov
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Improving-clinical-outcomes-with-early-enteral-nutrition
2022 14 Oct
An overview of the benefits of early enteral nutrition, clinical evidence and recommendations, reasons for delayed enteral feeding in critically ill patients and optimal solutions. Early enteral nutrition is proven to improve clinical outcomes and reduce acute care costs. Nutrition clinicians support the belief that enteral nutrition is...Read more
Nutrition-monitoring-and-patient-data-management-systems
2022 25 May
An overview of nutritional targets and their impact on critically ill patients and the need to use a systematic approach to nutritional support for optimal patient outcomes. Critically ill patients are often hypermetabolic and catabolic and are at a higher risk of underfeeding. Nutritional support for these patients can prevent energy...Read more
Indirect-calorimetry-in-critically-ill-patients
2022 10 May
In a new review, the authors identify the pros and cons of indirect calorimetry to estimate resting energy expenditure and define individual nutritional energy targets among critically ill patients. Indirect calorimetry (IC) is a monitoring tool that provides factual information on metabolism. There is significant evidence to show an important...Read more
Espen-2022-european-society-of-clinical-nutrition-and-metabolism-congress
2022 03 Sep
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Michelle-mcmacken-md-facp-dipablm-appointed-executive-director-of-nutrition-and-lifestyle
2022 13 Jan
Dr. McMacken will lead system-wide efforts to improve nutrition and lifestyle education for patients and health care professionals, and advance access to nutritious foods and plant-based meals for patients NYC Health + Hospitals has announced the appointment of Michelle McMacken, MD, FACP, DipABLM as Executive Director of Nutrition and Lifestyle...Read more
Indirect-calorimetry-in-mechanically-ventilated-patients-to-assess-nutritional-targets
2021 23 Nov
An overview of the physiological aspects of indirect calorimetry, its limitations in use, the available literature and future prospects for tailored nutrition. Introduction Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is an essential part of patient care in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Similar to mechanical ventilation and haemodynamic...Read more
Westminster-food-nutrition-forum
2021 02 Feb
VENUE TBA: Taking place face-to-face or online depending on the situation with COVID-19 - delegates will receive full information and guidance on how to take part Read more
Nutrition-in-the-post-icu-period-where-is-the-evidence
2020 24 Nov
This article summarises the current nutrition evidence in the phase of recovery that occurs following critical illness. Introduction It is plausible that the importance of nutrition may differ across different phases of illness. Reflecting this, the most recently updated clinical nutrition practice guidelines for critical care from the...Read more
Nutrition-for-critically-ill-patients-with-covid-19
2020 19 May
This article discusses the nutritional implications for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care for the management of COVID-19, and considers the inflammatory metabolic processes, nutrition-impacting symptoms, medical therapy, and the impact of a pandemic on staff resourcing and remote practice. Introduction The global...Read more
Icu-management-practice-2019-subject-index
2020 15 Jan
Subject Index for Volume 19, issues 1-4, 2019. Issue Pages Link Issue 1 1-64 https://iii.hm/10cv Issue 2 65-128 https://iii.hm/10cw Issue 3 129-192 https://iii.hm/10cx Issue 4 193-256 https://iii.hm/10cy Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Use of sedation...Read more
Nutritional-support-in-malnourished-medical-inpatients
2019 01 Dec
Patients who are malnourished or at nutritional risk do tend to have poorer outcomes compared to patients who are relatively healthier when they undergo surgery or are sick. Poorly nourished patients do not have the reserves to fight off illness, and in many cases, are also immunosuppressed with delayed wound healing. Malnutrition is a major public...Read more
Nutrition-2
2019 26 Sep
The critically ill patient is often unable to feed by mouth. This condition, in some patients, can range from days to months. It is imperative that these patients receive macronutrients either through enteral or parenteral nutrition. If they don't, there is a risk of an energy deficit that could lead to loss of lean body mass and subsequently, other...Read more
New-espen-guidelines-for-nutrition-in-the-critically-ill-help-what-happened
2019 26 Sep
ESPEN guidelines for nutrition in critical illness have shifted from optimistic anticipative nutritional pharmacotherapy towards cautious and balanced metabolic support. This important new orientation in ICU nutrition management is a consequence of recent strong RCT-based evidence. Introduction Recently, the new ESPEN guidelines for critically...Read more
Nutrition-2020
2020 01 Jun
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Energy-balance-in-obese-mechanically-ventilated-patients-in-icu
2019 10 Sep
Clinical evidence shows that overfeeding critically ill patients is associated with poor outcomes. Obesity is a major challenge in ICU patients because of the comorbidities and anomalies associated with it. Determining an appropriate dose of enteral nutrition is difficult in this patient population and the risk of overfeeding quite high. An...Read more
Monitor-me-infographic
2019 26 Aug
An overview of mHealth and its application and implementation in healthcare. Read more
Doctor-ignorance-about-nutrition-not-defensible
2019 08 Jul
In a commentary published in JAMA Internal Medicine 01 July 2019, Neal Barnard, M.D., emphasised the importance for physicians today to be more familiar with nutrition knowledge. Dr. Barnard, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine president, explained how some of the main health concerns – diabetes, obesity, heart disease and some cancers...Read more
Nutrition-in-the-icu
2019 19 Jun
Patients in the ICU tend to achieve clinical improvement within 3 to 7 days of stay. However, there is a subset of patients who progress to chronic critical illness. This is usually characterised by low-grade persistent inflammation and protein catabolism, also referred to as Persistent Inflammatory Catabolism Syndrome (PICS). PICS patients...Read more