Nutrition as Medical Therapy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2014 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, volume 26, pages 277-287 (issn: 0899-5885,

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Authors: Dinesh, Yogaratnam; Melissa A, Miller; Britney, Ross; Michael, DiNapoli;

doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.02.004

pmid: 24878212

Nutrition as Medical Therapy

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Abstract

Recent data support the use of nutritional agents for use as targeted medical therapy. This article reviews some of the pharmacologic roles that parenteral nutritional ingredients (selenium, lipid emulsion, insulin, and levocarnitine) can play in the setting of critical illness.

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Keywords

Parenteral Nutrition, Critical Illness, Critical Care Nursing, Lipids, Selenium, Carnitine, Sepsis, Humans, Insulin, Nutrition Therapy

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