COSMED is glad to announce the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Q-NRG+ and Q-NRG, a metabolic monitoring device utilizing Indirect Calorimetry (IC) technology intended for the measurement of Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) in patients who are mechanically ventilated or spontaneously breathing.

This ICU Management & Practice article proposes "An overview of the key obstacles for the enforcement of nutritional guidelines and innovative approaches that can be used to overcome these obstacles."

A new key paper on Clinical Nutrition focused on the decisive role of Indirect calorimetry (IC) in clinical settings.

The present guideline is an update and extension of the previous ESPEN guidelines on enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN) in adult critically ill patients published in 2006 and 2009, respectively. Since then, the ESPEN methodology has been upgraded resulting in rigorous evidence-based and consensus-based recommendations.

This observational cohort study over two 3 months periods aims to observe the impact of reduced recommended energy targets and the absence of ICU dietitians on nutrient prescription and clinical outcome.