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. 2019 Aug 1;11(8):1775.
doi: 10.3390/nu11081775.

Nutritrauma: A Key Concept for Minimising the Harmful Effects of the Administration of Medical Nutrition Therapy

Juan Carlos Yébenes  1   2 , Lluis Campins  3 , Itziar Martínez de Lagran  4 , Lluisa Bordeje  5 , Carol Lorencio  6 , Teodoro Grau  7 , Juan Carlos Montejo  7 , Maria Bodí  8   9 , Mateu Serra-Prat  10 ; Working Group on Nutrition and Metabolism of the Spanish Society of Critical Care
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Nutritrauma: A Key Concept for Minimising the Harmful Effects of the Administration of Medical Nutrition Therapy

Juan Carlos Yébenes et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Critically ill patients often require life support measures such as mechanical ventilation or haemodialysis. Despite the essential role of nutrition in patients' recovery, the inappropriate use of medical nutrition therapy can have deleterious effects, as is the case with the use of respiratory, circulatory, or renal support. To increase awareness and to monitor the effects of inappropriate medical nutrition therapy, we propose to introduce the concept of nutritrauma in clinical practice, defined as metabolic adverse events related to the inappropriate administration of medical nutrition therapy or inadequate nutritional monitoring.

Keywords: critical care; enteral nutrition; iatrogenesis; medical nutrition therapy; nutritional support; parenteral nutrition.

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