title: [Supplemental parenteral nutrition for intensive care patients: a logical combination with enteral nutrition].
abstract: Undernutrition is a widespread problem in the intensive care and is associated with a worse clinical outcome. Enteral nutrition is the recommended nutritional support in ICU patients. However, enteral nutrition is frequently insufficient to cover protein-energy needs. The initiation of supplemental parenteral nutrition, when enteral nutrition is insufficient, could optimize the nutritional therapy. Such a combination could allow reducing morbidity, length of stay and recovery, as well as improving quality of life and health care costs. Prospective studies are currently underway to test this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie et soins intensifs, HUG, Geneve. claudia-paula.heidegger@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Claudia-Paula
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Heidegger
authors.forename: Ronan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thibault
authors.forename: Mette M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pichard
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition