The Critical Care Obesity Paradox and Implications for Nutrition Support

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Patel, Jayshil J ^a   Rosenthal, Martin D ^b   Miller, Keith R ^c   Codner, Panna ^a   Kiraly, Laszlo ^d   Martindale, Robert G ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Enteral nutrition; Intensive care; Nutrition; Obesity; Parenteral nutrition; Permissive underfeeding

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE OBESITY PARADOX; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIET THERAPY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; OBESITY PARADOX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERIC FEEDING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROCEDURES;

COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 84979299006     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-016-0519-8     Document Type: Review

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