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This knowledge area features issues on using parenteral and enteral nutrition in the critically ill and injured patient.

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Journal – Critical Care Medicine
: 20 total

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Sucrose Malabsorption and Impaired Mucosal Integrity in Enterally Fed Critically Ill Patients: A Prospective Cohort Observational Study

Critical Care Medicine: Volume:41 Issue:5, PP 1221-1228

Energy deficit and length of hospital stay can be reduced by a two-step quality improvement of nutrition therapy: The intensive care unit dietitian can make the difference*

Critical Care Medicine: Volume:40 Issue:2, PP 662-663

Energy deficit and length of hospital stay can be reduced by a two-step quality improvement of nutrition therapy: The intensive care unit dietitian can make the difference*

Critical Care Medicine: Volume:40 Issue:2, PP 412-419

Elevation of blood urea nitrogen is predictive of long-term mortality in critically ill patients independent of “normal” creatinine*

Effective Delivery of Enteral Nutrition After Hemorrhagic Shock By A Standardized Protocol

Enteral Nutrition in Patients Receiving Pento-Barbital Coma: Is It Possible?: 553

Evaluation of a glycine-rich amino acid solution for parenteral nutrition in endotoxemic rats

Enteral nutrition: The right stuff at the right time in the right place

Erythromycin and early enteral nutrition in mechanically ventilated patients*

Enteral nutrition: Should we feed the stomach?

Evidence-based medicine as it applies to acid suppression in the hospitalized patient

Effects of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and phenylephrine on microcirculatory blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract in sepsis *

Enteral nutrition-related gastrointestinal complications in critically ill patients: A multicenter study

Etiologies of troponin elevation in critically ill patients with gastrointestinal bleeding *

Effects of A Standardized Feeding Protocol in Infants With Hypoplastic Left Ventricle Following First Stage Palliation in the Immediate Post-Operative Period.: 225-S

Enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient: A prospective survey

Erythromycin Vs. Metoclopramide for Facilitating Gastric Emptying and Tolerance To Intragastric Nutrition.: 164-M

Effects of Bolus Versus Continuous Tube Feedings on Glycemic Control in Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients.: 171-M

Evidence-Based Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Guideline

Enteral naloxone reduces gastric tube reflux and frequency of pneumonia in critical care patients during opioid analgesia

Journal – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
: 20 total

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Early Minimal Enteral Supplementation in Severely Burned Children Receiving Parenteral Nutrition*

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Volume:14 Issue:3, PP 332-333

The Safety and Efficacy of Parenteral Nutrition Among Pediatric Patients With Burn Injuries*

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Volume:14 Issue:3, PP e120-e125

Pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: Do we do a better job?*

Patency of the ductus arteriosus in the newborn-Now you want it, now you don't*

Predicted versus measured energy expenditure by continuous, online indirect calorimetry in ventilated, critically ill children during the early postinjury period *

Nutritional support in the critically ill child: Fast food or haute cuisine?*

Physical compatibility of neonatal total parenteral nutrition admixtures containing organic calcium and inorganic phosphate salts in a simulated infusion at 37[degrees]C*

Omphalocele and alveolar capillary dysplasia: A new association

Pneumocephalus in neonatal meningitis: Diffuse, necrotizing meningo-encephalitis in Citrobacter meningitis presenting with pneumatosis oculi and pneumocephalus

Oral and nasal enteral tube placement errors and complications in a pediatric intensive care unit*

Nosocomial infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: Affecting the impact on safety and outcome

Posttraumatic cholothorax in a child: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric interhospital transport: Diagnostic discordance and hospital mortality*

Paying more attention to morbidity in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome *

New onset of multiple organ dysfunction after receiving long-term high-dose piperacillin for outpatient treatment of osteomyelitis

Opioids causing a back up in the pediatric intensive care unit? No solution yet

Number of sites of perinatal Candida colonization and neutropenia are associated with nosocomial candidemia in the neonatal intensive care unit patient

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in children*

Omeprazole pharmacodynamics and gastric acid suppression in critically ill pediatric transplant patients

Pilot study of preoperative heart rate variability and adverse events in children emerging from anesthesia

Podcasts: 10 total

SCCM Pod-187 CCM: Pediatric Nutritional Practices

Jeffrey Guy, MD, MSc, MMHC, speaks with Nilesh Mehta, MD, about his article published in the July 20

SCCM Pod-178: Goal-Directed Nutrition

Ainsley Malone, RD, MS, LD, GNSD, discusses goal-directed nutrition with iCritical Care Podcast edit

SCCM Pod-166 CCM: How Much Nutrition Should Critically Ill Patients Receive?

Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc, is the lead author of an article published in the May 2011 Critical Care Medi

SCCM Pod-63 Gastric Versus Intestinal Feedings

John Mazuski, MD, FCCM, and Beth Taylor, MS, RD, CNSD, FCCM, discuss their article published in the

SCCM Pod-55 Enteral Therapy to Treat Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Eric Pacht, MD, discuss an editorial published in the September issue of Critical Care Medicine, "En

SCCM Pod-46 2007 Congress Keynotes Up Close: Daren Heyland

Daren Heyland, MD, MSc, is of the prominent keynote speakers set to present during the 36th Critical

SCCM Pod-126 Managing IAH and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Michael Cheatham, MD, FCCM, director of the surgical intensive care units at Orlando Regional Trauma

SCCM Pod-113 Decontamination of the Digestive Tract

Phillip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FCCM, discusses decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx in

SCCM Pod-101 Nutrition in the ICU

Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, discusses nutrition in the intensive care unit, specifically addressing what

SCCM Pod-25 Defining and Treating Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Michael Cheatham, MD, FCCM, is director of the surgical trauma intensive care unit at Orlando Region

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Guidelines: 1 total

Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the adult critically ill patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Executive Summary*

"Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the adult critically il

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Articles and Research: 8 total

Evidence-Based Nutritional Guidelines In 2010

Emerging Advanced and New Paradigms for Sepsis Management: The Critical Care Perspective for 2011 an

Initiating Safe Practices: Can Parenteral Nutrition Be Used Safely To Prevent Caloric Debt and Improve Outcomes?

Initiating Safe Practices: Can Parenteral Nutrition Be Used Safely To Prevent Caloric Debt and Impro

The Impact Of Enteral Nutrition On Outcomes In Critical Care

The Impact of Enteral Nutrition On Outcomes In Critical Care was published in the June 2008 issue of

Optimal Nutriton Therapy for the Critically Ill Child

Optimal Nutritional Therapy for the Critically Ill Child was published in the August 2011 issue of C

Nutrition and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Nutrition and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy was published in the August 2011 issue of Critica

Taking Guesswork Out of Height and Weight

Taking Guesswork Out of Height and Weight was published in the August 2011 issue of Critical Connec

The Evolving Role of the Critical Care Dietitian

The Evolving Role of the Critical Care Dietitian was published in the August 2011 issue of Critical

Nutrition in the ICU: Early Goal-Directed Therapy Is Key

Nutrition in the ICU: Early Goal-Directed Therapy Is Key was published in the June 2011 issue of Cri

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WEBCAST - Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is recognized as the cause and consequence of many adve

Successfully Managing Enteral Nutrition in the ICU

Excerpt from the 41st Critical Care Congress. Review diagnostic and treatment options in the managem

Clinical Applications of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Excerpt from the 41st Critical Care Congress. • Delineate risk factors requiring prophylaxis • Comp

Nutrition: All You Can Eat or Time to Diet?

Excerpt from the 41st Critical Care Congress. • Discuss the role of immunoglobulin therapy in septic

Recent Developments in Nutrition Support and Clinical Applications

Excerpt from the 41st Critical Care Congress. • Interpret the results of recent trials regarding pha

The End of “Nothing by Mouth” Before and After Surgery

Excerpt from the 41st Critical Care Congress. • Discuss international initiatives and longitudinal p

Year in Review: Internal Medicine

Excerpt from the 40th Critical Care Congress. 1. Discuss internal medicine-based research published

Gastrointestinal Motility: Let's

Excerpt from the 40th Critical Care Congress. 1. Evaluate the pathophysiologic mechanisms of gastroi

Nutrition Buffet: What's on the Menu?

Excerpt from the 40th Critical Care Congress. 1. Apply best practice standards for nutrition managem

Nutrition in the ICU: Early Goal-Directed Therapy Is Key

Excerpt from the 40th Critical Care Congress. 1.Identify the role of goal-directed nutrition support

Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill and Injured Patient