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Nutritional Management of Very Sick Patients: Paradigm Changes and Needs for Further Research

Steven A. Abrams, Jaclyn L. Albin 2024 International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Researchs

Abstract

In this issue of Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal, we are publishing 2 articles addressing the nutritional needs of hospitalized adults. One article by Ramaswamy et al. [1] discusses critically ill adults, whereas Heutlinger et al. [2] discusses adults who are undergoing or recovering from a major surgical intervention. These articles provide a clear description of the need to change both many of our long-held biases in these areas and to conduct further, well-designed studies that focus on these highly vulnerable populations and how best to provide evidence-based nutritional care for them. It is a major step forward to openly discuss issues that often were governed by a perception that critically ill or operative patients had greater concerns than adequate nutrition, and thus nutrition could largely be ignored for an extended period of time. Days of hanging bags of intravenous fluids without protein or critical micronutrients and long delays in enterally feeding patients need to disappear and be replaced by comprehensive, mandatory multidisciplinary assessments of nutritional status and consideration of the value of healthy nutrition in recovery and long-term outcomes in hospitalized patients.

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Identifier	110.0426/INT.2026.00400
Canonical	mdoi:110.0426/INT.2026.00400
Resolver URL	https://mdoi.org/110.0426/INT.2026.00400
Resource URL	Open resource
Document URL	Open document
Content Type	Article
Authors	Steven A. Abrams, Jaclyn L. Albin
Year	2024
Depositor	International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Researchs Organisation
Prefix	110.0426
Registered	June 26, 2026
Updated	June 26, 2026
Status	Active
Visibility	Public

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