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Nutrition

 

Principal investigator:        Dr Marcia McDougall  

Co-Investigators: Dr  Manoj Saxena, Dr Sanjiv Chohan

Aim: To investigation several aspect of nutrition in the critically ill.

Current State: Early stages. First few CATs available in margin.

Angstwurm, M.W.A, et al. Selenium in Intensive Care (SIC): Results of a prospective randomized, placebo-controlled, multiple-centre study in patients with severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis and septic shock. Crit Care Med (2007) 35: 118 – 126 CAT by Stephan Dalchow

 

Parenteral vs. enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient: a meta-analysis of trials using the intention to treat principle.  Intensive Care Medicine 2005; 31: 12-23.  F. Simpson and G.S. Doig CAT by Marcia McDougal

Multi-centre, cluster-randomized clinical trial of algorithms for critical-care enteral and parenteral therapy (ACCEPT). Claudio M. Martin et al for the Southwestern Ontario Critical Care Research Network. Canadian Medical Association Journal   2004: 170; 197-204 CAT by Marcia McDougall.

Lewis SJ, Egger M, Sylvester PA, Thomas S. Early enteral feeding versus 'nil by mouth' after gastrointestinal surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. BMJ 2001; 323: 773-776. CAT by Marcia McDougall.

Marik PE, Zaloga GP. Early enteral nutrition in acutely ill patients: A systematic review. Critical Care Medicine 2001 Vol. 29 No.12. 2264-2270. CAT by Marcia McDougall.