Nutrition as medical therapy

Dinesh Yogaratnam; Melissa A Miller; Britney Ross; Michael DiNapoli

doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2014.02.004

Nutrition as medical therapy

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2014 Jun;26(2):277-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.02.004. Epub 2014 Mar 18.

Authors

Dinesh Yogaratnam¹, Melissa A Miller², Britney Ross³, Michael DiNapoli³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy Practice, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, 19 Foster Street, Worcester, MA 01608, USA. Electronic address: dinesh.yogaratnam@umassmemorial.org.
² Emergency Department, Department of Pharmacy, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
³ Department of Pharmacy, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.

PMID: 24878212
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.02.004

Abstract

Recent data support the use of nutritional agents for use as targeted medical therapy. This article reviews some of the pharmacologic roles that parenteral nutritional ingredients (selenium, lipid emulsion, insulin, and levocarnitine) can play in the setting of critical illness.

Keywords: Insulin; Lipid; Overdose; Selenium; Sepsis; Toxicity; Valproic acid; l-Carnitine.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Carnitine / therapeutic use
Critical Care Nursing
Critical Illness / nursing
Critical Illness / therapy*
Humans
Insulin / therapeutic use
Lipids / therapeutic use
Nutrition Therapy*
Parenteral Nutrition*
Selenium / therapeutic use
Sepsis / therapy

Substances

Insulin
Lipids
Selenium
Carnitine