Current clinical nutrition practices in critically ill patients in Latin America: a multinational observational study

Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Méndez Martínez, Carolina; A. Matos Adames, Alfredo; Fuchs‐Tarlovsky, Vanessa; Carlos Contreras Nogales, Guillermo; Enrique Riofrio Paz, Roger; Perman, M.; Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia, María; Linetzky Waitzberg, Dan

doi:10.1186/s13054-017-1805-z

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Current clinical nutrition practices in critically ill patients in Latin America: a multinational observational study

Published in Critical Care • Aug 25, 2017

Authors:

Karin Papapietro Vallejo

Carolina Méndez Martínez

Alfredo A. Matos Adames

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition in critically ill adults in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with a significantly elevated risk of mortality. Adequate nutrition therapy is crucial to optimise outcomes. Currently, there is a paucity of such data in Latin America. Our aims were to characterise cur...

Subject

Medicine

Malnutrition

Parenteral nutrition

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