Energy delivery guided by indirect calorimetry in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of indirect calorimetry (IC) is increasing due to its precision in resting energy expenditure (REE) measurement in critically ill patients. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of an IC-guided nutrition therapy compared to predictive equations strategy in such a patient population.

Methods

We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library databases up to October 25, 2020. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included if they focused on energy delivery guided by either IC or predictive equations in critically ill adults. We used the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool to assess the quality of the included studies. Short-term mortality was the primary outcome. The meta-analysis was performed with the fixed-effect model or random-effect model according

SUBMITTER: Duan JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7913168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature