title: Newer products and formulas for alimentation.
abstract: Adequate nutritional support for the critically ill patient has evolved over the past 150 years from a time when starvation was accepted practice for patients with fever. Three to four thousand calories and other essential nutrients can now be safely provided each day to patients with infection or other critical illness. Nutrients may be provided in meals, administered by specialized enteral feedings, or infused intravenously. Nutrient mixtures with a high proportion of carbohydrate and protein appear the best dietary therapy to maintain body protein and support other organ systems and and cellular functions. New products and formulas offer the physician a wide variety of techniques for providing adequate nutrition to all patients with critical illness.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000178:diet therapy; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000178:diet therapy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000178:diet therapy
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D005947:Glucose