Personalization of ICU nutrition is essential to future of critical care. Recommendations from
American/European guidelines and practice suggestions incorporating recent literature are …

Background & aims This position paper summarizes theoretical and practical aspects of the
monitoring of artificial nutrition and metabolism in critically ill patients, thereby completing …

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

Importance Preserving functional capacity is a key element in the care continuum for
patients with esophagogastric cancer. Prehabilitation, a preoperative conditioning …

Introduction Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower mortality in mechanically
ventilated critically ill patients. However, it is yet unclear which body component is …

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 …

Nutritional support in the intensive care setting represents a challenge but it is fortunate that
its delivery and monitoring can be followed closely. Enteral feeding guidelines have shown …

The results of recent large-scale clinical trials have led us to review our understanding of the
metabolic response to stress and the most appropriate means of managing nutrition in …

In modern surgical practice it is advisable to manage patients within an enhanced recovery
protocol and thereby have them eating normal food within 1–3days. Consequently, there is …

Background: Optimal nutrition for patients in the intensive care unit has been proposed to be
the provision of energy as determined by indirect calorimetry and the provision of protein of …