Nutrition in critically ill obese patients.
Critically ill obese patients require timely nutrition in the intensive care unit. Hypocaloric, high protein nutritional feeding might have a role in critically ill obese patients. Although critically ill obese patients need special medical and nutritional care as do nonobese patients in the ICU, there are some differences in the literature about the initiation, routes, and nature of nutritional support. This article reviews the norms of nutritional care among critically ill obese patients and the differences between these patients and those with a normal BMI.
Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Geisinger Medical Center, MC 21-11, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822, USA.
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Raza
Peter N
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Benotti
Christopher D
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Still
D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D005947:Glucose / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology
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