Resumen de Early Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients With Short-term Relative Contraindications to Early Enteral Nutrition: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Gordon S. Doig, Fiona Simpson

• Importance Systematic reviews suggest adult patients in intensive care units (ICUs) with relative contraindications to early enteral nutrition (EN) may benefit from parenteral nutrition (PN) provided within 24 hours of ICU admission.

  Objective To determine whether providing early PN to critically ill adults with relative contraindications to early EN alters outcomes.