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The impact of multidisciplinary nutritional team involvement on nutritional care and outcomes in a medical intensive care unit

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 71, pages 1360–1362 (2017)Cite this article

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The aim of this study was to evaluate nutritional care and outcomes in a medical intensive care unit (ICU) following multidisciplinary nutritional team (MNT) involvement. The authors retrospectively reviewed the data of all patients admitted to a medical ICU from April to October 2013 (pre-MNT period) and from April to October 2014 (post-MNT period). In total, 140 patients were included and allocated to the pre-MNT group (n=70) or the post-MNT group (n=70). The post-MNT group was more likely to use enteral nutrition (61.4 vs 37.1%, P=0.002). In terms of total calories and protein provided, the number of nutritional goal-achieved days during stays in ICU was significantly greater in the post-MNT group than in the pre-MNT group (63.7% vs 47.6%, P<0.05 and 44.3% vs 29.9%, respectively, P<0.05). The MNT activities resulted in significant improvements in terms of nutritional provision and adequacy in a medical ICU.

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This study was supported by a 2016 research grant from Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital.

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  1. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan-si, Korea

    H J Jo, D B Shin, B K Koo & E S Ko

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan-si, Korea

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Jo, H., Shin, D., Koo, B. et al. The impact of multidisciplinary nutritional team involvement on nutritional care and outcomes in a medical intensive care unit. Eur J Clin Nutr 71, 1360–1362 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.108

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