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Several thousands of patients have been evaluated in recent nutrition RCT’s in critical illness. The design of the interventions varied and ...More

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Several thousands of patients have been evaluated in recent nutrition RCT’s in critical illness. The design of the interventions varied and likewise did the inclusion criteria. We have included the most important recent RCT’s in this updated version. These trials further corroborate our initial conclusion. Early nutrition interventions don’t save lives in ICU and may be deleterious. Particularly the often recommended provision of higher protein doses appears to be unfounded. Probably clinical focus and research in ICU nutrition would better shift towards those patients staying longer than a week in ICU for whom no evidence based clinical guidance is available today.

We didn’t identify important new comparative studies specific for patients after cardiac surgery or in the coronary care unit. The Nutrirea-2 RCT may generate more specific guidance regarding enteral versus parenteral nutrition in patients requiring vasopressors.

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