• Crit Care · Jun 2016

    New generation indirect calorimeters for measuring energy expenditure in the critically ill: a rampant or reticent revolution?

    • Elisabeth De Waele, Patrick M Honore, and Herbert D Spapen.
    • ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 101, Laarbeeklaan, 1090, Brussels, Belgium. Elisabeth.Dewaele@uzbrussel.be.
    • Crit Care. 2016 Jun 5; 20 (1): 138.

    AbstractTo lower the risk of incorrectly feeding critically ill patients, indirect calorimetry (IC) is proposed as the most ideal method to evaluate energy expenditure and to establish caloric goals. New IC devices are progressively introduced but validation of this new generation remains challenging and arduous.

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