Abstract

MONTEJO GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos. The XI SENPE Jesús Culebras Lecture. Enteral nutrition in critically ill patients. History of an evolution. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.2, pp.418-425.  Epub May 24, 2021. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.03546.

Enteral nutrition is part of the treatment plan designed for a great number of critically ill patients. After a first description in ancient Egypt, enteral nutrition was only rapidly developed during the last century. Advances in indications, tube feeding methods, enteral formula selection, diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal-related complications, efficacy monitorization, and use of protocols for enteral nutrition administration in clinical practice make this nutritional technique more feasible and secure for critically ill patients. Nevertheless, several issues in this field need more investigation to increase enteral nutrition development, efficacy, and safety in these patients.

Keywords : Enteral nutrition; Intensive care; Critical illness.

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