Soporte nutricional en el paciente crítico : una puesta al día

ABSTRACT: Patients in critical conditions present alterations in organs and metabolic systems that demand an appropriate medical and nutritional support which is fundamental to prevent further deterioration and to improve clinical outcomes. The objective of this review is to bring up to date the cur...

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Autores:
Agudelo Ochoa, Gloria María
Giraldo Giraldo, Nubia Amparo
Tipo de recurso:
Review article
Fecha de publicación:
2008
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/9866
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/9866
Palabra clave:
Alimentación enteral
Enteral feeding
Evaluación nutricional
Nutrición parenteral
Nutrition assessment
Paciente crítico
Soporte nutricional
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Description
Summary:ABSTRACT: Patients in critical conditions present alterations in organs and metabolic systems that demand an appropriate medical and nutritional support which is fundamental to prevent further deterioration and to improve clinical outcomes. The objective of this review is to bring up to date the current information and publications from scientific databases about the advances in nutritional therapies for critical ill patients; this review is important to conclude that specialized nutritional support can benefit critical ill patients even more when this is implemented opportunely with appropriate technical conditions by professionals. In order to avoid risk of severe complications for these patients, professionals in nutrition must be part of the clinical team giving integral attention to critical ill patients.