Publications by authors named "Antonio Blesa"
Background: Early enteral nutrition (EN) offers multiple benefits on critically ill patients and its monitoring was established as a clinical quality indicator (CQI) for intensive care units (ICU) by the Spanish Society of Critical Care (SEMICYUC). However, no results have been published on the systematized monitoring of this CQI.
Objective: To assess the compliance of the CQI "Early EN" at ICU.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the clinical efficacy of alanine-glutamine dipeptide-supplemented total parenteral nutrition defined by the occurrence of nosocomial infections. Secondary parameters included Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, hyperglycemia and insulin needs, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, and 6-month mortality.
Design: Multicenter, prospective, double-blind, randomized trial.
Introduction: Liver dysfunction associated with artificial nutrition in critically ill patients is a complication that seems to be frequent, but it has not been assessed previously in a large cohort of critically ill patients.
Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of incidence in 40 intensive care units. Different liver dysfunction patterns were defined: (a) cholestasis: alkaline phosphatase of more than 280 IU/l, gamma-glutamyl-transferase of more than 50 IU/l, or bilirubin of more than 1.
Objective: To systematically review the effects of enteral nutrition with pharmaconutrients-enriched diets in critically ill patients and to establish recommendations for their use.
Data Sources: Computerized bibliographic search of published research and citation review of relevant articles.
Study Selection: Randomized clinical trials of critically ill patients treated with enteral nutrition comparing diets enriched with pharmaconutrients vs not enriched diets were included.