Publications by authors named "Claire Dux"
Background: Data on nutrition delivery over the whole hospital admission in critically ill patients with COVID-19 are scarce, particularly in the Australian setting.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe nutrition delivery in critically ill patients admitted to Australian intensive care units (ICUs) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with a focus on post-ICU nutrition practices.
Methods: A multicentre observational study conducted at nine sites included adult patients with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis admitted to the ICU for >24 h and discharged to an acute ward over a 12-month recruitment period from 1 March 2020.
Aim: Standardised enteral nutrition protocols are recommended in critical care, however their use and safety are not well described in other inpatient populations. This mixed methods study reports on the use and safety of enteral nutrition protocols for non-critically ill adults.
Methods: A scoping review of published literature was conducted.
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- There is limited data on therapeutic caffeine use among ICU patients; this study aims to investigate caffeine consumption and withdrawal symptoms in this population.
- A survey of 100 ICU patients revealed that 99% consumed caffeine pre-admission, with a median intake of 338 mg, while 29% experienced withdrawal symptoms like headaches and irritability.
- Most patients were open to participating in future studies on therapeutic caffeine, highlighting the potential for further research in this area.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted major challenges with usual nutrition care processes, leading to reports of malnutrition and nutrition-related issues in these patients.
Objective: The objective of this study was to describe nutrition-related service delivery practices across hospitalisation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 admitted to Australian intensive care units (ICUs) in the initial pandemic phase.
Methods: This was a multicentre (nine site) observational study in Australia, linked with a national registry of critically ill patients with COVID-19.
Aim: Neurosurgical patients often transition from enteral nutrition (EN) to oral nutrition (ON) as they recover. Implementing a nurse-led feeding protocol to guide this transition may improve consistency of nutrition care and dietitian workload efficiency. This pragmatic study aimed to evaluate the effect of such a protocol on these outcomes and on nurses' nutrition care attitudes, practices and knowledge.
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