Volume-based enteral feeding for ward patients with acute neurological conditions: a pilot prospective cohort study.

Background: Patients requiring enteral nutrition (EN) after neurological insults experience feeding interruptions, contributing to inadequate nutrition delivery. This prospective cohort study investigated if volume-based enteral feeding (VBF) improved the delivery of prescribed EN volume in ward patients with acute neurological conditions.

Methods: Over two sequential periods, the usual care group received standard continuous rate-based feeding, and the intervention group received VBF with bi-daily EN rate adjustments to achieve target daily volume.

Fasting practices of enteral nutrition delivery for airway procedures in critically ill adult patients: A scoping review.

Background: There is limited understanding of fasting practices and reported safety concerns for airway procedures in critically ill adults.

Objective: To describe fasting practices including safety concerns for airway procedures in critically ill adult patients in the reported literature.

Inclusion Criteria: Studies conducted in adult critically ill patients receiving enteral nutrition (EN) and undergoing an airway procedure (endotracheal intubation, endotracheal extubation, and tracheostomy) were included if EN fasting practices and/or prespecified nutrition and clinical outcomes were reported.

Implementation of a standardised perioperative nutrition care pathway in upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery: A multisite pilot study.

Background: Perioperative nutrition support is recommended for patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer surgery; however, limited evidence exists regarding implementation of a nutrition care pathway in clinical practice. The aims of this pilot study were to determine whether implementation of a standardised perioperative nutrition pathway for patients undergoing UGI cancer surgery improves access to dietetics care, as well as to evaluate study feasibility, fidelity, resource requirements and effect on clinical outcomes.

Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed UGI cancer from four major metropolitan hospitals in Melbourne, planned for curative intent surgery, were included in the prospective pilot study (n = 35), with historical controls (n = 35) as standard care.

Implementing a standardised perioperative nutrition care pathway in upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a mixed-methods analysis of implementation using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Background: Implementation studies of complex interventions such as nutrition care pathways are important to health services research, as they support translation of research into practice. There is limited research regarding implementation of a nutrition care pathway in an upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer population. The aim of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the implementation process of a perioperative nutrition care pathway in UGI cancer surgery using The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).