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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 4/2011

01-04-2011 | Editorial

Individualized ICU nutrition for a better outcome

Author: Jan Wernerman

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2011

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Nobody disputes that nutrition is an important part of critical care, in particular for patients with a need for long-term ICU stay and for patients already suffering from malnutrition on ICU admission [1, 2]. Beyond this point there is major controversy as to the level of nutritional support and its timetable. This controversy emanates from the shortage of solid evidence addressing this issue, and is reflected in the different recommendations for parenteral nutrition in Europe as compared to North America [3‐5]. …
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Metadata
Title
Individualized ICU nutrition for a better outcome
Author
Jan Wernerman
Publication date
01-04-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2149-9

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