UTRITION SUPPORT—total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and enteral nutrition (tube feedings)—is not for everybody undergoing surgery. Although giving nutrition support before and after surgery can decrease postoperative morbidity and mortality, several well-designed studies showed that certain subsets of surgical patients suffer worse outcomes with TPN than with standard care.1–4 Therefore, it is im...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Malnutrition can lead to serious complications in the ICU. Less than half of patients admitted to ICU require ventilation and for many, their optimal route of feeding is oral medical nutrition therapy, rather than enteral or parenteral nutrition. Inadequate oral intake is a prevalent and often difficult problem within this population, as increased calorie deficits are common i...

With the development of specialized nutrition support, an interdisciplinary approach was essential to translating this medical breakthrough from the laboratory to the bedside. As this new innovation was adopted, interdisciplinary nutrition support teams were created to optimize the effectiveness and safety of this therapy. The impact of standardization and the use of an interdisciplinary team t...