Timely enteral nutrition of ventilated polytrauma patients: current standards and room for improvements
Investigations into current EN standards in polytrauma patients demonstrated an average of 2.5 interruptions in EN exceeding 6 h per patient, with 40% not fed within 24 h. Combined with inconsistent dietician input, this offers room for improvement as early EN is associated with better outcomes, with a reduced ICU LOS established through this study.
Authors
- Howard J. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3358-6795)
- Zsolt J. Balogh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0277-4822)
- Simone Meakes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-5947)
- Cino Bendinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-2818)
- Saskia Ridley-Smith
- Daniel Hali
Institutions
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-025-02849-z
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Newcastle University