The mode and timing of administrating nutritional treatment of critically ill elderly patients in intensive care units: a multicenter prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Critically ill patients are more susceptible to malnutrition due to their severe illness. Moreover, elderly patients who are critically ill lack specific nutrition recommendations, with nutritional care in the intensive care units (ICUs) deplorable for the elderly. This study aims to investigate nutrition treatment and its correlation to mortality in elderly patients who are critically ill in intensive care units.

Method

A multiple-center prospective cohort study was conducted in China from 128 intensive care units (ICUs). A total of 1,238 elderly patients were included in the study from 26 April 2017. We analyzed the nutrition characteristics of elderly patients who are critically ill, including initiated timing, route, ways of enteral nutrition (EN), and feedi

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879295 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature