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Nutrition Support of Critically III Obese Patients

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From Nutrition Support to Pharmacologic Nutrition in the ICU

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care Medicine ((UICMSOFT,volume 34))

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Abstract

Critically ill obese patients often require nutrition support. A strategy of hypocaloric support provides sufficient protein and energy to achieve positive nitrogen balance and healing in these patients. The complications of overfeeding are avoided and in obese Type II diabetics, this method simplifies disease management. Long-term studies to corroborate these results continue, but overall this appears to be a useful strategy that can benefit the obese patients under our care.

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  1. Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, USA

    L. Flancbaum

  2. Department of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA

    L. Flancbaum

  3. Department of Human Nutrition and Food Management, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    P. S. Choban

  4. Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA

    S. B. Heymsfield

  5. Obesity Research Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    S. B. Heymsfield

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  1. University Hospital, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Claude Pichard MD, PhD (Head of Clinical Nutrition) (Head of Clinical Nutrition)

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Kenneth A. Kudsk MD (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Flancbaum, L., Choban, P.S., Heymsfield, S.B. (2002). Nutrition Support of Critically III Obese Patients. In: Pichard, C., Kudsk, K.A. (eds) From Nutrition Support to Pharmacologic Nutrition in the ICU. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57119-0_26

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