J Neurocrit Care.  2018 Dec;11(2):71-80. 10.18700/jnc.180070.

Nutritional Support for Neurocritically Ill Patients

• Jeong HB
• Park SH
• Ryu HG

• KMID: 2434832
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.18700/jnc.180070

Abstract

Nutritional assessment and support are often overlooked in the critically ill due to other urgent priorities. Unlike oxygenation, organ dysfunction, infection, or consciousness, there is no consensus of indicators. Making it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention. Nevertheless, appropriate nutritional support in the critically ill has been associated with less morbidity and lower mortality. But, nutritional support has been considered an adjunct, for body weight maintenance and to help patients during the inflammatory phase of illness. Thus, it has been assigned a lower priority, compared to mechanical ventilation or hemodynamic stability. Recent findings have shown that nutritional support may prevent cellular injury due to oxidative stress and help strengthen the immune response. Large-scale randomized trials and clinical guidelines have shown a shift from nutritional support to nutritional therapy, with an emphasis on the importance of protein, minerals, vitamins, and trace elements. Nutrition is also important in neurocritically ill patients. Since there are few studies or recommendations with regard to the neurocritical population, the general recommendations for nutritional support should be applied.

Keyword

Nutritional requirements; Nutrition assessment; Critical illness

MeSH Terms

Body Weight Maintenance
Consciousness
Consensus
Critical Illness
Hemodynamics
Humans
Minerals
Miners
Mortality
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Requirements
Nutritional Support*
Oxidative Stress
Oxygen
Respiration, Artificial
Trace Elements
Vitamins
Minerals
Oxygen
Trace Elements
Vitamins

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