Critical Care Nutrition

Critical care nutritionCritically
ill patients have complex nutritional needs and require intensive
nutritional input. As part of the metabolic response to injury, resting
energy expenditure may be raised, leading to extensive catabolism,
hyperglycaemia, progressive lean body mass loss, changes in serum trace
element levels, fluid retention, and reduced synthesis of visceral
proteins such as albumin. Contributing to poorer outcome is the
previously reported high prevalence of malnutrition (40%) in Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) patients .Catabolism combined with malnutrition can lead to several unwanted clinical sequelae:Impaired wound healing.Impaired immune response.Impaired coagulation capacity.Impaired gut function.Muscle wasting.Reduced respiratory muscle function.Evidence suggests that nutrition support can slow catabolism in ICU patients .This
can improve patient outcome and reduce subsequent duration of recovery,
thereby leading to a reduced length of hospital stay and reduced
overall hospital costs. A number of studies have shown that survival
from intensive care was improved with better nutritional adequacy and
with the use of evidence based nutrition support guidelines. The overall
goal of feeding ICU patients is to provide nutrition support to those
who need it, consistent with their medical condition, nutritional
status, metabolic capability and available route of administration.Available ProductsWhey Protein Supplement - PowderWhey Protein (Female) - PowderAmino Acid - Powder/CapL-Carnitine - Powder/CapRaspberry Ketone - Cap/Tab.Antioxidants - Powder/Cap/ TabMultivitamin / Antioxidants - Cap/Syp Antioxidant Vitamin A,E,C - Cap/Syp/Powder Spirulina - Cap/PowderCalcium (Optimally Absorbed) - TabVitamin D (Deficiency Is Common In Older Persons) - Cap/TabFlavanoids - TabProtein - PowderCo-Enzyme Q10 (Coq10) - Cap/TabB-Complex with Zinc + L-lysine - Cap/SypColustrum 500mg - CapOmega -3 (Fishoil ) - Syp