Are nutrition protocols sufficient to improve nutritional support in the ICU?
Soguel, L.; Wasserfallen, J.B.; Revelly, J.P.; Chioléro, R.; Berger, M.M. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2005 · Heft 3 · S. 1 bis 1
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Zusammenfassung
Rationale: The benefice on outcome of using evidence-based protocols for nutritional support in intensive care unit (ICU) has been demonstrated recently (2004: Barr et al Chest; Heyland et al. Crit Care Med). A protocol, based on actual evidence-based knowledge and guidelines, was implemented in our ICU in 1999. The expected improvement of the quality of the nutritional support, was not observed (unpublished data). The perceived causes were unawareness of the existence of protocols and/or their poor use by the different professionals. The study aimed at evaluating the staff's nutrition knowledge and awareness of…
