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How to improve worldwide early enteral nutrition performance in intensive care units?

Author: Arthur Raymond Hubert van Zanten

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2018

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Early enteral nutrition (EEN), typically started within 48 h after ICU admission, is recommended to be superior over delayed enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition. The ESICM Working Group on Gastrointestinal Function provided clinical practice guidelines on EEN and suggested to initiate it at a low rate, as beneficial effects regarding infection prevention have been demonstrated in critically ill patients, as well as in patients with severe acute pancreatitis and after gastrointestinal (GI) surgery [1]. …

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Title: How to improve worldwide early enteral nutrition performance in intensive care units?
Author: Arthur Raymond Hubert van Zanten
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-018-2188-5

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