Risks in management of enteral nutrition in intensive care units: a literature review and narrative synthesis

M Hoffmann, CM Schwarz, S Fürst, C Starchl… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have a high risk of developing
malnutrition, and this is associated with poorer clinical outcomes. In clinical practice …

Barriers and solutions to delivery of intensive care unit nutrition therapy

M Kozeniecki, H Pitts, JJ Patel - Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite recommendations for early enteral nutrition (EN) in critically ill patients, numerous
factors contribute to incomplete delivery of EN, including insufficient nutrition risk screening …

Overcoming challenges to enteral nutrition delivery in critical care

PE Wischmeyer - Current opinion in critical care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
It is the essential implementation of this new evidence occurs to overcome real and
perceived EN challenges. This data should lead to increased standardization/protocolization …

Process‐related barriers to optimizing enteral nutrition in a tertiary medical intensive care unit

M Kozeniecki, N McAndrew… - Nutrition in Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Enteral nutrition (EN) is the preferred route of nutrient delivery in critically ill
patients. Research has consistently described an incomplete delivery of EN in critically ill …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Nutritional Practices in the Critical Care patient (The ENPIC study): Does nutrition really affect ICU mortality?

L Servia-Goixart, JC Lopez-Delgado… - Clinical Nutrition …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & aims The importance of artificial nutritional therapy is underrecognized,
typically being considered an adjunctive rather than a primary therapy. We aimed to …

Enteral nutrition in the critically ill: myths and misconceptions

PE Marik - Critical care medicine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Nutritional support is an essential component of the management of critically ill
and injured ICU patients. Optimal provision of calories and protein has been demonstrated …

Nurses' prioritization of enteral nutrition in intensive care units: a national survey

MJ Bloomer, AB Clarke, J Morphet - Nursing in critical care, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Enteral nutrition is important in critically ill patients to improve patient outcomes,
with nurses playing a pivotal role in the delivery and ongoing care of enteral nutrition. A …

Enteral nutrition protocols for critically ill patients: are they necessary?

AMC Ventura, DL Waitzberg - Nutrition in clinical practice, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Nutrition therapy protocols seek to correlate current scientific knowledge with
clinical practice by converting evidence‐based efficacy data into clinical effectiveness …

Implementation of a nutrition support protocol increases the proportion of mechanically ventilated patients reaching enteral nutrition targets in the adult intensive care …

SL Mackenzie, DA Zygun, BL Whitmore… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Despite the evidence that enteral feeding reduces morbidity in critically ill
patients and is preferred to parenteral nutrition, the delivery of enteral nutrition (EN) is often …

Outcomes in critically ill patients before and after the implementation of an evidence-based nutritional management protocol

J Barr, M Hecht, KE Flavin, A Khorana, MK Gould - Chest, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective To determine whether the implementation of a nutritional management protocol in
the ICU leads to the increased use of enteral nutrition, earlier feeding, and improved clinical …