Obesity and critical care nutrition: current practice gaps and directions for future research

• Published in: Critical care (London, England) Vol. 26; no. 1; p. 283
• Main Authors: Dickerson, Roland N, Andromalos, Laura, Brown, J Christian, Correia, Maria Isabel T D, Pritts, Wanda, Ridley, Emma J, Robinson, Katie N, Rosenthal, Martin D, van Zanten, Arthur R H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.09.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Care and treatment; COVID-19; Critical Care; Critical illness; Critical Illness - therapy; Critically ill; Food and nutrition; Humans; Inflammation; Intensive care units; Malnutrition; Malnutrition - therapy; Mortality; Nutrition; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition Therapy; Nutritional requirements; Nutritional Status; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - therapy; Practice guidelines (Medicine); Product/Service Evaluations; Professional Practice Gaps; Review; United States; Critical illness; Obesity; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition therapy; Malnutrition; Nutritional requirements

This review has been developed following a panel discussion with an international group of experts in the care of patients with obesity in the critical care setting and focuses on current best practices in malnutrition screening and assessment, estimation of energy needs for patients with obesity, t...