Abstract The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic
Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis …

Frailty is a highly prevalent condition in the elderly that has been increasingly considered as
a crucial public health issue, due to the strict correlation with a higher risk of fragility …

Background This guideline updates recommendations from the 2016 American Society for
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)/Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) critical …

Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous guidelines to
provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients have been updated. These …

Acute kidney disease (AKD)-which includes acute kidney injury (AKI)–and chronic kidney
disease (CKD) are highly prevalent among hospitalized patients, including those in …

In the midst of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, a paucity of data
precludes derivation of COVID‐19–specific recommendations for nutrition therapy. Until …

Early oral feeding is the preferred mode of nutrition for surgical patients. Avoidance of any
nutritional therapy bears the risk of underfeeding during the postoperative course after major …

The preferential use of the oral/enteral route in critically ill patients over gut rest is uniformly
recommended and applied. This article provides practical guidance on enteral nutrition in …

Background Whether the route of early feeding affects outcomes of patients with severe
critical illnesses is controversial. We hypothesised that outcomes were better with early first …

Background The optimal calorie and protein intakes at the acute phase of severe critical
illness remain unknown. We hypothesised that early calorie and protein restriction improved …