Nutrition in intensive care
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چکیده
Nutritional support has now come to be recognized as sine qua non in management of critically ill.[1] It has gained importance with better understanding of the pathophysiology of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and optimal modalities in administration of nutritional therapy.[2,3] Its status has changed from being adjunct in critical care to that of definitive therapy. Vincent has emphasized the importance of feeding the ICU patient in a simple but appealing pneumonic – “FAST HUG” (Feeding, Analgesia, Sedation, Thromboembolic prophylaxis, Head end elevation, Ulcer prophylaxis, and Glucose control).[4]
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 28 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012