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For Covid-19 patients that require ICU care, the timing of enteral nutrition delivery is an important issue to improve mortality and reduce infections.[1]
Initiating early enteral nutrition within 24-36 hours of admission to the ICU or within 12 hours of intubation and placement on mechanical ventilation should be the goal to address critical care nutritional needs of Covid-19 patients.[3]
References:
- Martindale, R., Patel, J., Taylor, B., Warren, M., McClave, S. Nutrition Therapy in the Patient with COVID-19 Disease Requiring ICU Care. Reviewed and Approved by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Updated May 26, 2020.
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