Should we calculate or measure energy expenditure? Practical aspects in the ICU

This review focuses on why we should use indirect calorimetry in clinical practice of critical care medicine. We documents the benefits of using indirect calorimetry and disadvantages of using predictive equation for energy expenditure for critically ill patients from many recent studies in this area with interesting outcomes.

Source: Nutrition - May 9, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sornwichate Rattanachaiwong, Pierre Singer Tags: Review Article Source Type: research