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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

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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

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Nutrition-2022

2022 14 Jun

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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

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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

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2022 16 May

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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

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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

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Nutrition-2021

2021 07 Jun

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Westminster-food-nutrition-forum

2021 02 Feb

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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

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2020 19 May

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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

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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

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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

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2019 26 Sep

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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

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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

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2019 26 Sep

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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

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Monitor-me-infographic

2019 26 Aug

An overview of mHealth and its application and implementation in healthcare. Read more

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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

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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

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Nutrition-2019

2019 08 Jun

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