Immunonutrition in the intensive care unit. A systematic review and consensus statement.

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.