Skipping Meals Before Breathing Tube Surgery Doesn't Help ICU Patients
Doctors have long made critically ill patients skip food for many hours before a procedure to place a breathing tube in their neck (called a tracheostomy). The …
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How Smart Nutrition Saved a Severely Burned Patient's Life
This remarkable case describes how doctors kept a patient alive after burns covered 96% of their body—an injury that's usually fatal. The patient also …
Read MoreVitamin D Didn't Help Kidney Patients in Critical Care
Researchers tested whether special forms of vitamin D could protect the kidneys of very sick hospital patients. They gave 150 critically ill adults either two …
Read MoreHeart Machines Change How Bodies Use Food in First 5 Days
When doctors use a special heart-lung machine called VA-ECMO to help patients with severe heart failure, their bodies go through big changes in how they …
Read MoreHow Much Food ICU Patients Need to Get Their Strength Back
Researchers looked at how nutrition affects muscle strength and physical recovery in critically ill patients in intensive care units. They found that giving …
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