New generation indirect calorimeters for measuring energy expenditure in the critically ill: a rampant or reticent revolution?
To lower the risk of incorrectly feeding critically ill patients, indirect calorimetry (IC) is proposed as the most ideal method to evaluate energy expenditure and to establish caloric goals. New IC devices are progressively introduced but validation of this new generation remains challenging and arduous.
ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 101, Laarbeeklaan, 1090, Brussels, Belgium. Elisabeth.Dewaele@uzbrussel.be.
Elisabeth
E
De Waele
ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 101, Laarbeeklaan, 1090, Brussels, Belgium.
Patrick M
PM
Honore
ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 101, Laarbeeklaan, 1090, Brussels, Belgium.
Herbert D
HD
Spapen
D002153:Calorimetry, Indirect / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000451:nursing; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*
Indirect calorimetry; Intensive care; Nutrition