Artificial Nutrition Support in Clinical Practice

Guidelines on Artificial Nutrition Support

Malnutrition is common in patients who are admitted to hospital, and many patients lose weight during hospital admission. Malnutrition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Artificial nutrition support benefits nutritional status in malnourished patients, it can lead to reduced morbidity and hospital stay, and more rapid recovery from illness. • Nutritional screening of hospital...

Enteral nutrition in clinical practice.

Enteral nutrition has, at long last, found its place in the modulation of disease. Because of its importance in terms of both anabolic and catabolic processes, today's clinician must have a working knowledge of the types of enteral formulations, their delivery and the therapeutic considerations (particularly concomitant medications) that impact on the safety and efficacy of enteral nutrition. T...

Protein nutrition in clinical practice.

Clinical Ethics and Nutrition Support

Nutrition support should be considered optional when this therapy is not in congruence with an individual's wishes based on quality of life goals, during the end-of-life period. Ethical dilemmas, dealing with nutrition therapy, are often due to lack of early communication between individuals, their family, and healthcare providers. Landmark young adult ethical court cases, dealing with nutritio...

Decision support in clinical practice

• the clinician is the central element in the decision support and decision making process. • there is a wide range of decision support to facilitate (NOT replace) clinical decision making. • decision support systems can and should teach and learn with the clinician. • the importance of accuracy, reliability and structure in the knowledge base and patient database. • there are benefits and prob...