Early Initiation of Feeding Improves In-hospital outcomes in Acute Heart Failure
Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalisation and is associated with poor prognosis and high medical costs. The nutritional status and adequate nutrition therapy are crucial factors contributing to the outcome of critically ill patients. A recent study suggests that the Early initiation of feeding for in-hospital outcomes in hospitalized patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (HF) improves the outcomes of the patients. The research has been published in The American Journal of Cardiology on January 14, 2021.
Nutrition support is increasingly recognized as a clinically relevant aspect of the intensive care treatment of cardiac surgery patients. Extensive data on early nutrition support for patients requiring critical care are available. However, whether early initiation of feeding could be beneficial for patients hospitalised for acute heart failure (HF) remains unclear. Therefore, researchers of the University of Tokyo conducted a study to compare outcomes of early and delayed initiation of feeding for hospitalized patients with acute HF.
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