Other Recent Publications

New trials that will be included in the 2010 CPG update are listed here.

Duodenal versus gastric feeding in medical intensive care unit patients: A prospective, randomized, clinical study:
Critical Care Medicine. 37(6):1866-1872, June 2009. Hsu, Chien-Wei MD; Sun, Shu-Fen MD; Lin, Shoa-Lin MD; Kang, Shiu-Ping RN; Chu, Kuo-An MD; Lin, Chih-Hsun MD; Huang, Hsiu-Hua RD. Link to abstract

Effect of Evidence-Based Feeding Guidelines on Mortality of Critically Ill Adults: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Doig GS, Simpson F, Finfer S, Delaney A, Davies AR, Mitchell I, Dobb G; for the Nutrition Guidelines Investigators of the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. JAMA. 2008 Dec 17;300(23):2731-2741.  Pubmed link

Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.). McClave SA, Martindale RG, Vanek VW, McCarthy M, Roberts P, Taylor B, Ochoa JB, Napolitano L, Cresci G; A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors; American College of Critical Care Medicine; Society of Critical Care Medicine. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009 May-Jun;33(3):277-316. PubMed PMID: 19398613. Pubmed Link 

ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Intensive care. Kreymann KG, Berger MM, Deutz NE, Hiesmayr M, Jolliet P, Kazandjiev G, Nitenberg G, van den Berghe G, Wernerman J; DGEM (German Society for Nutritional Medicine), Ebner C, Hartl W, Heymann C, Spies C; ESPEN (European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition).Clin Nutr. 2006 Apr;25(2):210-23. Epub 2006 May 11. PubMed PMID: 16697087. Pubmed Link

ESPEN Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition: intensive care. Singer P, Berger MM, Van den Berghe G, Biolo G, Calder P, Forbes A, Griffiths R, Kreyman G, Leverve X, Pichard C, ESPEN. Clin Nutr. 2009 Aug;28(4):387-400. Epub 2009 Jun 7. PubMed PMID: 19505748.  Pubmed Link

Read the accompanying editorial
Jones N, Heyland DK. Implementing Nutrition Guidelines in the Critical Care Setting. Is it a Worthwhile and Achievable Goal? JAMA Dec 17;300 (23). Link to editorial 

Several randomized controlled trials were included to the recent update of the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines (January 2009).