Updates in Nutrition Support for Critically III Adult Patients. Issue 1 (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mulherin, Diana Wells; Cogle, Sarah V.
• Is Part Of: Hospital pharmacy. Volume 52:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 17
• Page End: 26
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: Hospital pharmacies -- Periodicals; Pharmacy Service, Hospital; Hospital pharmacies; Periodicals; Periodicals; 615.1
• DOI: 10.1310/hpj5201-17
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0018-5787

Abstract

Specialized nutrition support is often employed in critically ill patients who are unable to maintain volitional intake. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) recently updated guidelines for the provision of nutrition support in critically ill patients. The purpose of this review is to summarize key changes from the previous guidelines as they relate to recently published literature, which will aid the hospital pharmacist in optimizing nutrition support therapies in the critical care setting.