Oral intake in the critically ill patient: the first thing to think about
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Nutrition, Oral route, Critical patientAbstract
Although most of the nutrition guidelines in critically ill patients focus on enteral or parenteral nutrition, little attention has been given to the main nutrition route for the human being: the oral route. Even so, oral feeding should not be taken lightly. In this narrative review we show multiple important scenarios for the assessment of the safe start and adequacy of oral feeding in the critically ill adult patient.
The particular role that food plays in each individual as a vehicle of sensations, memories and feelings must not be disregarded. Important also is to underscore the significant role of oral feeding in the rehabilitation phase of a critical illness or after the critical period is over.
The present review explores different conditions associated with the initiation of the oral route in the ICU in order to guide clinicians in making decisions about its initiation, in a context of equal importance as the fulfillment of nutritional goals in order to attenuate malnutrition.
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