Nutritional support in the intensive care setting represents a challenge but it is fortunate that
its delivery and monitoring can be followed closely. Enteral feeding guidelines have shown
the evidence in favor of early delivery and the efficacy of use of the gastrointestinal tract.
Parenteral nutrition (PN) represents an alternative or additional approach when other routes
are not succeeding (not necessarily having failed completely) or when it is not possible or
would be unsafe to use other routes. The main goal of PN is to deliver a nutrient mixture …