Ultrasound Helps Doctors Place Feeding Tubes Better and Safer
When critically ill patients need nutrition support, doctors sometimes place special feeding tubes that go past the stomach into the small intestine. This …
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Why Nutrition Matters for Critically Ill Brain Patients
Researchers studied 930 patients with serious brain diseases in an intensive care unit to understand how nutrition affects their recovery. They found that …
Read MoreCan Special Fats Help Sick Patients Keep Their Muscle Strength?
When people have severe infections (sepsis), their muscles become dangerously weak. Scientists wondered if giving patients special high-fat nutrition through …
Read MoreFish Oil Supplement May Help Sepsis Patients Survive in Hospital
Researchers studied 633 patients with sepsis (a serious blood infection) to see if omega-3 fatty acids—a type of healthy fat found in fish—could help them …
Read MoreFeeding Sick Kids Faster Helps Them Recover Better
Doctors studied 98 children with a serious lung infection called bronchiolitis who were receiving extra oxygen through special nose tubes. The children were …
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 MoreCan Probiotics Help Sick Children in the ICU Fight Infection?
Researchers tested whether probiotics (helpful bacteria) could help children with severe blood infections recover better in the hospital. They gave some very …
Read MoreWhen Sick Patients Join Multiple Studies: Does It Affect Results?
Researchers studied whether critically ill patients who participated in multiple medical studies at the same time affected the results of a probiotic treatment …
Read MoreWhy Vitamin A Matters for Sick Kids in the Hospital
Researchers studied 180 very sick children with serious infections (sepsis) in the hospital to understand vitamin A deficiency. They found that sick children …
Read MoreNew Hospital Nutrition Program Helps Prevent Serious Weight Loss
Hospitals created a special nutrition team to help patients who are at high risk of not eating enough while in the hospital. These patients include those in …
Read MoreWhy ICU Nurses Need Better Training on Feeding Tubes
Researchers surveyed 420 nurses in 15 Chinese hospitals to understand how well they know about feeding tubes and nutrition care for critically ill patients. …
Read MoreVitamin D May Help Sepsis Patients Survive, But More Research Needed
Scientists looked at five studies involving nearly 43,000 sepsis patients to see if vitamin D supplements could help them survive. Sepsis is a dangerous …
Read MoreAnemia Makes ICU Stays Harder for Elderly Patients, Egyptian Study Shows
A new study from Egypt looked at 216 elderly patients in intensive care units and found that nearly 80% had anemia (low red blood cell counts). Those with …
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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