Nutrition support protocols in the intensive care unit

Providing nutritional support is a standard compo- nent of managing critically ill patients. Guidelines for provi- sion and assessment of nutrition support therapy have been shown as beneficial to the patient and able to reduce health- care expenditures. Nevertheless, routine practice of these guidelines is not widespread and their objectives are often difficult to follow in practice. This article reviews the litera- ture, examining the different nutrition support protocols available for the critically ill patient. A nutrition support protocol recently implemented in our intensive care unit is presented. To cite this journal: Reanimation 20 (2011).