[Nutritional support in patients with relapsing chronic respiratory failure].
The authors review the scientific data on nutritional problems in patients with acute decompensation of COPD and present their own experience in the nutritional management of such condition. Artificial nutrition (enteral and parenteral) allowed a reduction in the duration of hospitalization, a lower incidence of infections, and a shorter weaning time from mechanical ventilation in comparison to a homogeneous group of patients treated in the same unit in an earlier period, when less attention was paid to nutritional problems. The importance of artificial nutrition in patients with acute decompensation of COPD is highlighted.
Centro di Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva, Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Roma.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition
Il supporto nutrizionale nel paziente affetto da insufficienza respiratoria cronica riacutizzata.