title: Nutrition in critical care.
abstract: Critical care has evolved from a prolonged recovery room stay for cardiac surgery patients to a full medical and nursing specialty in the last 5 decades. The ability to feed patients who cannot eat has evolved from impossible to routine clinical practice in the last 4 decades. Nutrition in critically ill patients based on measurement of metabolism has evolved from a research activity to clinical practice in the last 3 decades. The authors have been involved in this evolution and this article discusses past, present, and likely future practices in nutrition in critically ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, B560 MSRB II/SPC 5686, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. robbar@umich.edu
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Ronald E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Dechert
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000266:history; D003422:Critical Care / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000266:history; D005947:Glucose / Q000266:history; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000266:history*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000266:history; D057947:Parenteral Nutrition Solutions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012996:Solutions / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004573:Electrolytes; D057947:Parenteral Nutrition Solutions; D012996:Solutions; C545824:amino-acid, glucose, and electrolyte solution; D005947:Glucose