Early parenteral nutrition does not improve survival
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Early Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Didn't Save Lives Under the high stress of critical illness, people lose fat and muscle quickly. Obesity appears to be protective during critical illness, possibly because those extra fat reserves come in handy during this period of accelerated catabolism. The strong physiological rationale and the psychological pressure not to appear to be starving people make providing nutrition as early as possible to patients in the ICU a standard practice. If a patient can't tolerate enteral liquid feedings via a tube, her doctors frequently start parenteral nutrition, also called total parenteral nutrition or TPN. A 2005 meta-analysis of 11 studies suggested a
Early parenteral nutrition does not improve survival
Early parenteral nutrition does not improve…
Early parenteral nutrition does not improve survival
Early Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Didn't Save Lives Under the high stress of critical illness, people lose fat and muscle quickly. Obesity appears to be protective during critical illness, possibly because those extra fat reserves come in handy during this period of accelerated catabolism. The strong physiological rationale and the psychological pressure not to appear to be starving people make providing nutrition as early as possible to patients in the ICU a standard practice. If a patient can't tolerate enteral liquid feedings via a tube, her doctors frequently start parenteral nutrition, also called total parenteral nutrition or TPN. A 2005 meta-analysis of 11 studies suggested a