Assessment of nutritional support in critically ill patients and its correlation with outcomes at respiratory intensive care unit at Zagazig University Hospitals in (2014 –2015)

Conclusion Sufficient nutritional support whether enteral or parenteral is very important in critically ill patients. TPN should never be used as a substitute for EN in patients who can tolerate enteral feeding as it is associated with infectious and metabolic complications and its deleterious effect on patients, outcome.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research