Nutritional Assessment of Cardio-thoracic Critically Ill Patients:Review of Literature

The aim of this study was to study the effect of early nutritional assessment and nutritional support on immune function and clinical prognosis of critically ill children. 90 critically ill children at the same level of severity admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of our hospital (June 2019–June 2020) were chosen as the research objects and were equally separated into the experimental group and the control group by the random number table method. The children in the control group were admitted to the PICU according to the routine process, and the nutritional support was provided to the malnourished ones. After admission to the PICU, the children in the experimental group were given nutritional assessment, nutritional risk screening, and nutritional support according to the screening results. The PICU stay time and total hospitalization time of the experimental group were obviously shorter than those of the control group ( P < 0.05 ), the hospitalization expenses of the experimental group were obviously lower than those of the control group ( P < 0.05 ), the clinical outcomes and immune function of the experimental group were obviously better than those of the control group ( P < 0.05 ), and the nutrition indicators of the experimental group were obviously higher than those of the control group ( P < 0.05 ). Early nutritional assessment and nutritional support can effectively improve the immune function and reduce the incidence of adverse clinical outcomes of critically ill children, which are worthy of clinical application and promotion.

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Enteral and Parenteral Nutritional Support - test

10.2310/7ccsp.8241 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Cherisse Berry ◽

Jose J Diaz

Keyword(s):

Enteral Nutrition ◽

Critically Ill ◽

Critically Ill Patients ◽

Nutritional Assessment ◽

Morbidity And Mortality ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Omega 3 ◽

Refeeding Syndrome ◽

Surgical Critical Care ◽

Increased Risk

Malnutrition among the critically ill is widely prevalent, resulting in impaired ventilator drive, prolonged ventilator dependence, impaired immunologic function, and increased risk of infection. The initiation of early nutrition therapy, specifically enteral nutrition, decreases the early loss of lean mass, provides calories, and improves patients’ immunity and healing, which is critical for improving morbidity and mortality in patients suffering from critical illness. Determining nutritional risk using the Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (NUTRIC) score; assessing nutritional needs, including protein and calorie needs, with ongoing reassessments; gaining gastrointestinal access for initiating early enteral therapy with a standard polymeric isotonic or near-isotonic 1 to 1.5 kcal/mL formula for surgical critically ill patients within 24 to 48 hours of admission to the intensive care unit; monitoring for gastrointestinal intolerance and complications; and selecting immunonutrition, specifically arginine and omega-3 fatty acids, for the postoperative surgical critical care patient are key strategies in overcoming malnutrition and improving overall morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. This review contains 1 figure, 3 tables, and 52 references. Key words: enteral nutrition, immunonutrition, nutritional assessment, nutritional risk, refeeding syndrome

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