Food for Thought : The Effects of Nutritional Support on Outcomes in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and the Critically Ill
Joint Authors
Singer, Pierre
Cohen, Jonathan
Tehilla, Miriam
Anbar, Ronit
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The provision of adequate nutritional support appears to be essential for critically ill patients and other groups of patients at high risk for having malnutrition.
In this review paper we describe our recent research regarding the amount of energy to be provided, how this should be assessed, and the beneficial effects of specialized nutritional support.
We have shown that repeated measurements of energy expenditure using indirect calorimetry capture the dynamic energy changes characteristic of hospitalized patients.
The provision of energy according to these measurements was associated with lower hospital mortality in critically ill patients when compared to patients receiving a fixed energy intake.
A similar study performed in geriatric patients revealed a significant reduction in the number of infections when energy was provided according to repeated measurements.
We have also shown that a diet enriched with eicosapentaenoic acid and gamma-linolenic acid improved oxygenation and lung dynamics and decreased ventilation duration in ICU patients with acute lung injury and ARDS.
A similarly enriched diet together with micronutrients resulted in significantly less progression of existing pressure ulcers in ICU patients compared to an isonitrogenous, nutrient-sufficient formula.
This may be related to an increase in the percentage of positive lymphocyte and granulocyte adhesion molecules.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cohen, Jonathan& Tehilla, Miriam& Anbar, Ronit& Singer, Pierre. 2014. Food for Thought : The Effects of Nutritional Support on Outcomes in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and the Critically Ill. Advances in Critical Care،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505004
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cohen, Jonathan…[et al.]. Food for Thought : The Effects of Nutritional Support on Outcomes in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and the Critically Ill. Advances in Critical Care No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505004
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cohen, Jonathan& Tehilla, Miriam& Anbar, Ronit& Singer, Pierre. Food for Thought : The Effects of Nutritional Support on Outcomes in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and the Critically Ill. Advances in Critical Care. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505004
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-505004