October - 2014
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 Trial of the Route of Early Nutritional Support in Critically Ill Adultsthe CALORIES Trial Investigators NEJM, 2014 , Online first October 1 2014 |
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| What was the difference in line infection rates? gastric ulcers ? When were they starting the feeding. Is there not increasing evidence ASPEN, not to feed for 7 days with TPN. | |
| Davidrmoir-17 Oct, 2014 02:02:27 AM | |
| What's fascinating is that 24 hours (median time to initiation of any nutritional support) is considered early and that a trial of TPN met 40% of nutritional targets. | |
| LTC-20 Oct, 2014 07:34:37 PM | |
Comment
This is a great trial, in that it sets out to test the “ ruism" that enteral nutrition is superior to parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients. The authors begin by challenging...
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