[The clinical impact of implementation of a nutritional treatment protocol in critically ill adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection].

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The critical patient affected by SARS-CoV-2 is at risk of malnutrition. The need to avoid volume overload and manoeuvres that delay reaching nutritional requirements such as pronation make the nutritional approach to these patients complex. To ensure adequate treatment, a nutritional support protocol was developed as a clinical practice guideline adapted to the COVID-19 patient.

Objective

To describe and analyse the results of introducing a nutritional support protocol aimed at SARS-CoV-2 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV) from March to May 2020.

Material and methods

Observational, descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal design to evaluate compliance with a nutritional

SUBMITTER: Alos Zaragoza L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208262 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature