Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill Patient: A Guide to Practice provides state-of-the-art practices and key principles of nutrition support through eviden

​This text provides a review of the current knowledge in both the mechanics of nourishing the critically ill and the metabolic and immunological roles nutrien

Provides comprehensive and practical guidance for managing the nutritional requirements of critically ill patients and thereby improving prognosis.

Malnutrition and obesity are both common among Americans over age 65. There are also a host of other medical conditions from which older people and other Medica

Surviving critical illness is not always the happy ending that we imagine for patients. Intensive care unit (ICU) teams have traditionally focused on short term