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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 10/2007

01-10-2007 | Correspondence

Comment on “Is it now time to promote mixed enteral and parenteral nutrition for the critically ill patient?” by Heidegger et al.

Author: Pierre Singer

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 10/2007

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Sir: Heidegger and colleagues reviewed the recent findings regarding the nutritional support of critically ill patients, and since most of the studies showed that enteral nutritional support was insufficient, they proposed to promote parenteral nutrition [1]. Definitively, the current manner in which enteral feeding is delivered in the ICU is inadequate regarding the target and leads to increased morbidity and perhaps mortality [2]. We also agree that tight glucose control together with prevention of catheter bloodstream-related sepsis have decreased the complications related to parenteral nutrition [3]. …
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Metadata
Title
Comment on “Is it now time to promote mixed enteral and parenteral nutrition for the critically ill patient?” by Heidegger et al.
Author
Pierre Singer
Publication date
01-10-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0806-9

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