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Feeding the obese patient in ICU

Ms. Engela Francis | Clinical
An overview of feeding the obese patient in ICU as these are not typical ICU patients. The challenges include Sarcopenia, hypercatablosim, and the ris

Topic / Title of the Talk Feeding the obese patient in ICU
Field of Medicine Critical Care
Length of the Talk 17 Mins
CPD Accreditation No. MDB015/MPDP/070/283
Category of the Talk Overview
CPD Type Clinical
Languages (Translations) & Subtitles Not Translated
Speaker Ms. Engela Francis
Talk Description
An overview of feeding the obese patient in ICU as these are not typical ICU patients. The challenges include Sarcopenia, hypercatablosim, and the risk of overfeeding including hyperglycaemia, hypercapnia and hypertriglyceridaemia. CCSSA Refresher 2018


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