It is generally accepted that excessive loss of skeletal muscle mass is detrimental. Depletion
of muscle mass is associated with poor prognosis in diabetes, trauma, sepsis, lung disease …

Mechanically ventilated patients are unable to take food orally and therefore are dependent
on enteral nutrition for provision of both energy and protein requirements. Enteral nutrition is …

Critical illness dramatically increases muscle proteolysis and more than doubles the dietary
protein requirement. Yet surprisingly, most critically ill patients receive less than half the …

Determining energy requirement is a fundamental of nutrition support. Indirect calorimetry
(IC) has been long recognized as the gold standard for assessing basal or resting energy …

Background and Objectives: Mechanically ventilated patients often face progressive and
rapid losses of body mass and muscle because of hypermetabolism and increased protein …

Background & aims The intensity and duration of the catabolic phase in COVID-19 patients
can differ between survivors and non-survivors. The purpose of the study was to assess the …

El modo de soporte nutricional en el paciente en estado crítico es motivo de controversia y
abundan las opiniones al respecto. Algunos consideran las demandas calóricas como el …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The ratio of energy expenditure to nitrogen loss respectively of
energy to nitrogen provision (E/N) is considered a valuable tool in the creation of an enteral …

Postoperative early enteral nutrition (EEN) is useful for the effective recovery of patients that
have undergone surgery. However, the feasibility and efficacy of EEN in patients with …

Nitrogen balance (NB) is considered a good marker of adequate protein intake and it has
been suggested to be a good predictor of patients' health outcomes. However, in literature …