title: Nutritional implications for the patient undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
abstract: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiovascular collapse or catastrophic respiratory failure in the critically ill patient imposes a multidisciplinary approach. Nutritional support is one of the issues that must be faced, as this population presents a state of increased metabolic activity, elevated catabolism of protein and rapid accumulating energy deficiency. Provision of adequate nutritional therapy is hard to achieve due to different factors. This article provides a brief overview of the current literature regarding nutritional support during ECMO in adult patients, as no current guidelines address this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Clinica Las Condes. Lo Fontecilla 441. Las Condes (Santiago), Chile.. mfariasn@clc.cl.
authors.forename: María Magdalena
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Farías
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Clinica Las Condes. Lo Fontecilla 441. Las Condes (Santiago), Chile.. mfariasn@clc.cl.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olivos
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology. Clinica Las Condes. Lo Fontecilla 441. Las Condes (Santiago), Chile.. mfariasn@clc.cl.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy