Nutrition support - A Game changer in the patient outcome

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N.Ramakrishnan

Dr. N.Ramakrishnan

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Intensive Care Units are basically organ-support units. They support Ventilation with Mechanical Ventilation, Cardiac failure with Inopressors and IABP, Renal failure with Renal Replacement Therapy and other organ-related ailments and failures with similar organ support. Whilst all this happens, it cannot be denied that, many a time, we tend to forget GI failure with Nutritional support. Clinical Nutrition, which could be a game-changer in such scenarios, is but still a developmental science.

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Dr. N.Ramakrishnan

Senior consultant

MD