• Emma Ridley, Dashiell Gantner, and Vincent Pellegrino.
• Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia; Nutrition Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: emma.ridley@monash.edu.
• Clin Nutr. 2015 Aug 1; 34 (4): 565-71.

AbstractThe provision of nutrition to critically ill patients is internationally accepted as standard of care in intensive care units (ICU). Nutrition has the potential to positively impact patient outcomes, is relatively inexpensive compared to other commonly used treatments, and is increasingly identified as a marker of quality ICU care. Furthermore, we are beginning to understand its true potential, with positive and deleterious consequences when it is delivered inappropriately. As with many areas of medicine the evidence is rapidly changing and often conflicting, making interpretation and application difficult for the individual clinician. This narrative review aims to provide an overview of the major evidence base on nutrition therapy in critically ill patients and provide practical suggestions.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.

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