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 …

There is a consensus that nutritional support, which must be provided to patients in intensive
care, influences their clinical outcome. Malnutrition is associated in critically ill patients with …

Objective To investigate the effects of probiotics combined with early enteral nutrition on
levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1), C-reactive protein (CRP), and inflammatory factors, and on the …

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 …

AIM: To describe and analyse factors associated with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
severity in hospitalised medical intensive care unit patients. METHODS: We performed a …

Background: Malnutrition is so common among hospitalized patients, especially those in
intensive care units (ICUs). Providing adequate nutritional support for these patients is of …

Nutritional support early during the postoperative period or after onset of illness decreases
the mortality rate and shortens the duration of hospitalization of dogs and cats. The preferred …

Objectives The aims of this study were to describe diseases, complications and outcomes
associated with the use of feeding tubes in a population of sick cats with appetite …

To the Editor, A recent study [1] investigated the association between early nutrition support
and 28-day mortality in critically ill patients. This study was conducted in 26 ICUs, and a total …

Objectives The aim of the study was to evaluate the appetite-stimulating effect of gabapentin
by comparing it with mirtazapine in healthy cats in the first 8 h after ovariectomy surgery …