Nutrition in ICU Patients

This book discusses practical topics in critical care nutrition including basic principles and practices in nutrition support in the ICU. Tailoring nutrition solutions is crucial for the development and prognosis of critical illness and this is why this text, written by internationally well-known experts in the field, provides useful examples from everyday clinical practice:

• When to start enteral/parenteral nutrition?
• Which composition and formulation is indicated?
• What to consider in cases of liver or kidney failure, sepsis, neonatal intensive care?

Therefore, it represents a useful guide for all healthcare professionals in this area, such as physicians, nurses, and dietitians.

1. Physiology and Pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal tract. - 2. Nutritional status. - 3. Proteins and Amino Acids. - 4. Carbohydrate Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Critically Ill Patients: Implications for the Management of Insulin and Medical Nutrition Therapy. - 5. Lipids in Nutritional Therapy . - 6. Nutritional Adjustment. - 7. Enteral and parenteral nutrition in the ICU . - 8. Immunonutrition and Pharmaconutrition. - 9. Excel worksheet for calculating an adapted nutrition plan. - 10. Children and adolescents. - 11. Obesity and cachexia. - 12. Gastro-intestinal Sonography in Nutritional Management A Clinical Perspective. - 13. Nutrition in Patients with Kidney Disease. - 14. Nutrition in Liver Disease. - 15. Nutrition in Lung Disease. - 16. Pancreatic Disease in ICU. - 17. Nutritional Management in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. - 18. Sepsis. - 19. Nutrition therapy in Major Burns . - 20. Special enteral diets: Synbiotics. - 21. Early mobilisation in ICU. - 22. Ethical Challenges of Artificial Nutrition in Intensive Care: Navigating the Borders between Self-Determination, Authenticity, and Best Interest.