Irving: we can’t talk about #ICUNutrition without discussing #malnutrition. Nutrition status at admission has an impact on outcomes such as mortality, LOS, infectious complications, etc. #SCCM2023
Irving: in pediatric critical care we see #ICUNutrition as supportive but it may be more than that. #SCCM2023
Irving: currently no consensus for optical feeding strategy in post surgical cardiac pediatric patients but anecdotal information shows promise. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Arabi: negative nitrogen balance impacts various outcomes so it makes sense that we should give exogenous protein to compensate. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
@SheilaMyatra beginning the morning plenary lecture showing a major disparity in care related to staffing btwn US and India, her hospital having 42,000 pts/yr with 200 faculty. #SCCM2023
What are the goals of Medical Nutrition Therapy? Preventing #malnutrition. Since most trauma pts are young & healthy, we have a big opportunity to prevent malnutrition in this population. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition