Nutritional support in sepsis : when less may be more
Date
2020-02-14
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Publisher
BMC (part of Springer Nature)
Abstract
Despite sound basis to suspect that aggressive and early administration of nutritional support may hold therapeutic
benefits during sepsis, recommendations for nutritional support have been somewhat underwhelming. Current
guidelines (ESPEN and ASPEN) recognise a lack of clear evidence demonstrating the beneficial effect of nutritional
support during sepsis, raising the question: why, given the perceived low efficacy of nutritionals support, are there
no high-quality clinical trials on the efficacy of permissive underfeeding in sepsis? Here, we review clinically relevant
beneficial effects of permissive underfeeding, motivating the urgent need to investigate the clinical benefits of
delaying nutritional support during sepsis.
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CITATION: Van Niekerk, G., Meaker, C. & Engelbrecht, A. M. 2020. Nutritional support in sepsis : when less may be more. Critical Care, 24:53, doi:10.1186/s13054-020-2771-4.
The original publication is available at https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com
The original publication is available at https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com
Keywords
Septicemia -- Patients -- Nutrition
Citation
Van Niekerk, G., Meaker, C. & Engelbrecht, A. M. 2020. Nutritional support in sepsis : when less may be more. Critical Care, 24:53, doi:10.1186/s13054-020-2771-4
1466-609X (online)
1364-8535 (print)
1466-609X (online)
1364-8535 (print)