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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Lipid-Enriched Parenteral Nutrition and Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients: Is It a Real Concern?

Antonio Tota, Amato Serra, Pauline Raoul, Antonio Gasbarrini, Emanuele Rinninella, Maria Cristina Mele

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio TotaScuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Interna, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Sede di Roma, Largo F. Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Amato SerraScuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Interna, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Sede di Roma, Largo F. Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Pauline RaoulUOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6569-1082
Antonio GasbarriniUOC di Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Emanuele RinninellaUOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9165-2367
Maria Cristina MeleUOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8463-7062
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Today, few clinicians are still convinced that lipids are sepsis risk factors in patients receiving parenteral nutrition. This dogma is principally based on old literature. This review deals with the most recent literature search that provided up-to-date data over the past ten years. Systematic research was performed on Pubmed, MEDLINE, and Web of Science. The recent evidence does not justify the exclusion of lipid emulsions in patients receiving parenteral nutrition for fear of bloodstream infection risk. Moreover, lipids represent a substantial proportion of the energy source providing essential fatty acids, potentially improving clinical outcomes in patients often malnourished. Understanding the actual risk factors of sepsis during parenteral nutrition is necessary to optimize patient nutritional status and care and avoid essential fatty acid deficiency. There is an urgent need to make updated nutrition training available at all levels of medical education.

Indexed as

Fatty Acids, Omega-3SepsisFat Emulsions, IntravenousHumansLipidsParenteral NutritionParenteral Nutrition, TotalFat Emulsions, IntravenousFatty Acids, Omega-3Lipidsclinical practicefatty acidsinfectious complicationslipidsnutritional supportomega-3 fatty acidsparenteral nutritionsepsis

Identifiers

PMID35888604
PMCPMC9320926
OpenAlexW4283793616

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