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Open Access 01-06-2014 | Editorial

Imaging opens possibilities both to target and to evaluate nutrition in critical illness

Authors: Olav Rooyackers, Jan Wernerman

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 3/2014

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Recently, a number of clinical trials have investigated the effect of nutrition in critical illness [1‐4]. The results have been confusing rather than clarifying. Obviously there are difficulties in defining whether or not a specific patient is at a nutritional risk and also what should be the nutritional target in the early course of critical illness. The step from a nutritional intervention in the ICU to mortality outcomes is just too big and there is no well-known underlying mechanism. Not surprisingly, there are no prospective randomised studies demonstrating survival advantages in relation to nutrition. …

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Title: Imaging opens possibilities both to target and to evaluate nutrition in critical illness
Authors: Olav Rooyackers
Jan Wernerman
Publication date: 01-06-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13882

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