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From ICU to home: closing the nutrition gap after critical illness

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From ICU to home: closing the nutrition gap after critical illness

From ICU to home: closing the nutrition gap after critical illness

How can healthcare professionals ensure adequate nutrition after ICU discharge? In this video, Prof. Arthur van Zanten explores the challenges of post-ICU nutrition and shares practical strategies to improve energy and protein intake, support the transition to oral feeding and promote long-term recovery.

What you will learn

  • Why energy and protein needs may increase after ICU discharge
  • Common barriers to intake, such as poor appetite, dysphagia and ICU-acquired weakness
  • How early removal of feeding tubes has been linked to a drop in intake
  • How to taper enteral nutrition while maintaining nutritional targets
  • The role of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) during recovery
  • Why monitoring actual intake and continued support after discharge matter

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Watch the full video to discover practical strategies for optimising post-ICU nutrition and maintaining adequate energy and protein intake throughout recovery. Learn how individualised nutritional care may support patients from the general ward to home, and explore more clinical nutrition resources on Danone Nutricia Campus.

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