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Risks in Management of Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care Units: A Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Importance of nutritional assessment tools in the critically ill patient: A systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Evidence-Based Guidelines versus Enteral Nutrition Practices in Intensive Care Units: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- AI-Enabled Precision Nutrition in the ICU: A Narrative Review and Implementation Roadmap.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated With Nasojejunal Tube Injury in a Patient With Septic Shock: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Evaluation of nutritional intake and malnutrition in critically ill patients and its relationship with 28-day death.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- The Japanese Critical Care Nutrition Guideline 2024.Journal of intensive care · 2025Review
- Evaluating multifaceted strategies to prevent nasoenteral tube complications and achieve significant cost savings in critically ill patients: the ENHANCE-CRIT trial.BMJ open quality · 2025Observational
- The association of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and prognostic nutritional index with the development to chronic critical illness and their prognosis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Enteral Nutrition Practices and Complications in ICU Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives in Saudi Arabia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Impact of enteral nutrition initiated within 24 h of ECMO on nutritional status and inflammatory response in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Protective nutrition strategy in the acute phase of critical illness: why, what and how to protect.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Bilirubin influences the predictive effect of body mass index on hospital mortality in critically ill patients.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Knowledge Level of ICU Nurses Regarding Nutritional Assessment of Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Review
- Enteral tube feeding practices and associated factors among nurses working in South Wollo Zone Specialized and General Hospitals, Wollo, Ethiopia, 2022.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Qualitative study on the ability of neurological nurses to manage patients with indwelling gastrointestinal canal.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Interruptions of Enteral Nutrition and the Impact on Macro- and Micronutrient Deficits in ICU Patients.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Diet-related complications according to the timing of enteral nutrition support in patients who recovered from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a propensity score matched analysis.Acute and critical care · 2022Article
- Healthcare Resource Utilization and Cost Comparisons of High-Protein Enteral Nutrition Formulas Used in Critically Ill Patients.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2022Article
- Effects of enteral nutrition with different energy supplies on metabolic changes and organ damage in burned rats.Burns & trauma · 2022Article
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Abstract
Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) have a high risk of developing malnutrition, and this is associated with poorer clinical outcomes. In clinical practice, nutrition, including enteral nutrition (EN), is often not prioritized. Resulting from this, risks and safety issues for patients and healthcare professionals can emerge. The aim of this literature review, inspired by the Rapid Review Guidebook by Dobbins, 2017, was to identify risks and safety issues for patient safety in the management of EN in critically ill patients in the ICU. Three databases were used to identify studies between 2009 and 2020. We assessed 3495 studies for eligibility and included 62 in our narrative synthesis. Several risks and problems were identified: No use of clinical assessment or screening nutrition assessment, inadequate tube management, missing energy target, missing a nutritionist, bad hygiene and handling, wrong time management and speed, nutritional interruptions, wrong body position, gastrointestinal complication and infections, missing or not using guidelines, understaffing, and lack of education. Raising awareness of these risks is a central aspect in patient safety in ICU. Clinical experts can use a checklist with 12 identified top risks and the recommendations drawn up to carry out their own risk analysis in clinical practice.
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