In very ill, probiotics don’t prevent ‘superbugs’ from colonizing intestinal tract
Compared with routine medical care, probiotics administered to critically ill patients in intensive care units showed no benefit in preventing the colonization of drug-resistant microbes in the…
August 28, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: colonization, critically-ill, mrsa / drug resistance, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, units-showed
Intravenous Nutrition For Critically Ill Patients Must Not Be Administered Too Early
Intravenous nutrition does not have a positive effect on the recovery of critically ill patients if it is administered early. Recovery from critical illness is in fact faster when patients receive supplementary intravenous nutrition one week after their admission to intensive care…
June 30, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: admission, critically-ill, diet, fact-faster, from-critical, nutrition / diet, nutrition-does, nutrition-one, positive-effect, receive-supplementary, recovery, the-recovery, their-admission
Hyperglycemia Is Associated With Increased Hospital Complications And Mortality During Parental Nutrition
Malnutrition in critically ill patients can lead to many negative effects, such as an increased risk of hospital complications, higher mortality rate, longer length of hospital stay, and higher resource utilization.
June 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: critically-ill, diabetes, higher-mortality, mortality, nutrition, nutritional counseling, positive-change, resource, these-negative
