The importance of nutrition status assessment: the case of severe acute pancreatitis.
Severe acute pancreatitis is associated with high mortality. Adequate nutrition support improves clinical outcome. Nevertheless, several recent trials have focused primarily on the route of nutrition support and neglected the role of nutrition status assessment in tailoring nutrition support to individual needs.
Lugli
Andrea Kopp
AK
Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. andrea.kopplugli@mail.mcgill.ca
Carli
Franco
F
Wykes
Linda
L
D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000628:therapy*; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome