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Terapia Nutricional em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva* Nutritional Therapy in Intensive Care Unit
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kallyanna, Iára Ferreira, Cavalcante |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | SUMMARYBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this review is to approach the main necessary aspects for the accomplishment of safety and effi cient nutritio-nal therapy to the critically ill patient. CONTENTS: Bibliographical survey with didactic books and scientifi c articles was made in Portuguese, English and Spanish with results of the last 20 years. Nutritio-nal support is an integrant part in the care of patients in intensive care units. The success of the nutritional therapy involves the stages of nutritional assessment, determines the route of diet infusion and the calories and nutrients needs. CONCLUSIONS: The use of nutrients with immune function (immunonutrients) is each more frequents, ho-wever, its use is not well established for critical illness. More clinical studies are necessary to establish the best form to nourish the critical ill patient.Key Words: critical ill patient, enteral nutrition, immu-nonutrition, nutritional therapy, parenteral nutrition INTRODUCAOA terapia nutricional e peca fundamental nos cuidados dispensados ao paciente critico, devido as evidencias cientifi cas que comprovam que o estado nutricional in-terfere diretamente na sua evolucao clinica |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbti/v19n1/a12v19n1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
