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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
<journal-title-group>
<journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
<issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">94</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2022.21006 </article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
<article-categories>
<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Critical Care and Intensive Care Unit</subject>
</subj-group>
</article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-title>Identification, Prevention and Management of Malnutrition in the Critically Ill Patients
</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Aboshoushah</surname>
<given-names>Enass</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Albarakati</surname>
<given-names>Jumanah</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Almajayishi</surname>
<given-names>Faisal</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>AlHamar</surname>
<given-names>Fatimah</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alghamdi</surname>
<given-names>Saeed</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jarad</surname>
<given-names>Jumanah</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Binladin</surname>
<given-names>Salman</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alotaibi</surname>
<given-names>Sultan</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Brahim</surname>
<given-names>Mustafa Al</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Safwan</surname>
<given-names>Abdulaziz Al</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Adam</surname>
<given-names>Maryam</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alzamzami</surname>
<given-names>Bayan</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<day>30</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>-0001</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>10</issue>
<fpage>308</fpage>
<lpage>313</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>Proper nutrition is essential for enhancing healthcare outcomes. Elevated rates of malnutrition are present in hospitalized patients. Malnutrition and unmet nutritional needs increase morbidity and mortality, lower quality of life, lengthen the time spent on mechanical ventilation, and lengthen hospital stays, all of which raise the expense of medical treatment. Patients who are critically ill need specific care to minimize muscle wasting, avoid overfeeding, and prevent complications from nutritional therapy. The purpose of this research is to review the available information about identification, prevention, and management of malnutrition in the critically ill patients. To identify patients who are more likely to experience complications from malnutrition, nutritional status is evaluated. Various assessment methods and tools are present to identify malnutrition in critically ill patients. Effective targeting of appropriate nutrient levels, and prompt initiation of nutritional support, among other measures can reduce the risk of malnutrition. Ideally, enteral nutrition should be started after initial 24 to 48 hours. Parenteral nutrition may be employed if the nutritional need is not properly supplied by enteral nutrition even after seven days following intensive care admission. In patients receiving nutrition therapy, electrolytes should be carefully assessed. Even if 50% to 60% of nutritional requirements are not successfully met during 72 hours of oral nutrition support then tube feeding should be considered. Further clinical research can be beneficial in determining the effectiveness and outcomes of nutritional therapy in malnourished critically ill patients.
</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd>critical</kwd>
<kwd> ill</kwd>
<kwd> malnutrition</kwd>
<kwd> patient</kwd>
<kwd> health outcome</kwd>
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</front>
</article>