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 …

Indirect calorimetry (IC) is considered as the gold standard to determine energy expenditure,
by measuring pulmonary gas exchanges. It is a non-invasive technique that allows clinicians …

Critical illness is a hypercatabolic state. It has been hypothesized that timely and adequate
nutrition support may optimize the host response and thereby minimize nutritionally related …

Background & aims Malnutrition frequently occurs and deteriorates in patients after surgery
for gastric cancer, especially after hospital discharge, which has been consistently …

Measurement of energy expenditure is important in order to determine basal metabolic rate
and inform energy prescription provided. Indirect calorimetry is the reference standard and …

Background & aims Guidelines on clinical nutrition recommend the use of appropriate
nutritional support therapy for surgical cancer patients at risk of malnutrition both during …

Many survivors of critical illness face significant physical and psychological disability
following discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU). They are often malnourished, a …

BeieinerSepsishandeltessichumeinelebens… Organdysfunktion ausgelöst durch eine
Infektion, die mit einer Regulationsstörung beim Wirt einhergeht. Ähnlich wie bei …

Malnutrition is a frequent problem in cancer patients, which leads to prolonged and repeated
hospitalizations, increased treatment-related toxicity, reduced response to cancer treatment …