Critical Care Nutrition
What is Critical Care Nutrition?
- Critical Care Nutrition is the provision of safe and optimal nutrition to patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), using evidence based practice.
- Early nutrition therapy may decrease disease severity, decrease complications, reduce length of stay in the ICU and decrease mortality.
- The Critical Care RD (Registered Dietitian) network has developed nutrition documents for regional practice to aide in the delivery of feeding ICU patients.
What is Involved...
Critical Care Nutrition Toolkit
- These tools have been endorsed by the WRHA Critical Care Program Quality Improvement Team/Committee as well as the WRHA Nutrition Advisory Subcommittee.
Nutrition in ICU Flowchart
Gastric Feeding Flowchart
Gastric Residual Volumes
Small Bowel Feeding Flowchart
Volume Based Feeding Schedule Chart
Enteral Feed on Hold for OR (HSC)
Enteral Feed on Hold for OR (SBH)
- For more information please contact your ICU RD.