Ensuring Optimal Survival and Post-ICU Quality of Life in High-Risk ICU Patients: Permissive Underfeeding Is Not Safe!

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Editorial

Paul E Wischmeyer. Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;43(8):1769-72.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001098.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.

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The Association Between Nutritional Adequacy and Long-Term Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Multicenter Cohort Study.
Wei X, Day AG, Ouellette-Kuntz H, Heyland DK. Wei X, et al. Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug;43(8):1569-79. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001000. Crit Care Med. 2015. PMID: 25855901

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