Introduction In the spring of 2017, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
(ASPEN) Parenteral Nutrition Safety Committee and the Clinical Practice Committee …

The preferential use of the oral/enteral route in critically ill patients over gut rest is uniformly
recommended and applied. This article provides practical guidance on enteral nutrition in …

Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous guidelines to
provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients have been updated. These …

Background Although mortality due to critical illness has fallen over decades, the number of
patients with long-term functional disabilities has increased, leading to impaired quality of …

Purpose We assessed the effects of early goal-directed nutrition (EGDN) vs. standard
nutritional care in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Methods We randomised acutely …

Importance The effect of and optimal timing for initiating supplemental parenteral nutrition
(SPN) remain unclear after major abdominal surgery for patients in whom energy targets …

Introduction Early protein and energy feeding in critically ill patients is heavily debated and
early protein feeding hardly studied. Methods A prospective database with mixed medical …

Objective: Optimal intake of energy and protein is associated with improved outcomes,
although outcomes relative to protein intake are very limited. Our purpose was to evaluate …

Critical illness is a hypercatabolic state. It has been hypothesized that timely and adequate
nutrition support may optimize the host response and thereby minimize nutritionally related …

Background: The impact of protein intake on outcomes in pediatric critical illness is unclear.
Objective: We examined the association between protein intake and 60-d mortality in …