Nutrition evaluation and management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 during post-intensive care rehabilitation.

Background: Among hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), up to 12% may require intensive care unit (ICU) management. The aim of this prospective cohort study is to assess nutrition status and outcome in patients with COVID-19 following ICU discharge.

Methods: Patients requiring a minimum of 14 days' stay in the ICU with mechanical ventilation were included.

Prevention of malnutrition in older people during and after hospitalisation: results from a randomised controlled clinical trial.

Objective: to prevent the occurrence of weight loss during hospitalisation and following discharge by daily oral supplementation.

Design: in a prospective, randomised, controlled study of 80 patients aged 75 or more, and at risk of undernutrition based on their initial Mini Nutritional Assessment score, patients were randomised into a control group or one receiving oral supplementation. The intervention was a prescription of 200 ml sweet or salty sip feed twice daily (500 kcal, 21 g protein per day) throughout hospitalisation and convalescence.