From the desk of Dr Nancy Collin, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND Patients with wounds must consume an adequate amount of protein each day to build new tissue. If your patient is not consuming a well-balanced diet, chances are he or she is not consuming an adequate amount of dietary protein to meet the body’s physiologic needs. The average healthy adult requires approximately 0.8...
Sarcopenia, from the Greek word meaning "poverty of flesh," is the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength associated with aging. It is a component of the frailty syndrome and can be debilitating and even fatal for the elderly, especially in the face of other co-morbidities such as wounds. Age-related muscle atrophy begins in the third decade of life and accele...
Meeting protein requirements in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is crucial for patient recovery, and there are multiple benefits associated with it. These benefits include, but are not limited to, improved wound healing, increased muscle mass and strength, prevention of muscle wasting, enhanced immune function, and overall improved recovery and survival rates. Improved Wound...
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. They assist in many different bodily functions but the two are not interchangeable especially when it comes to nutrition declaration. While amino acid contribution will impact nitrogen load, they are not part of the total protein content on a nutrition label. This is important when reviewing products with protein claims and ...
As clinicians we often assume that if a product has a high osmolality it automatically means the product or formula will be poorly tolerated. It is important to recognize the difference between osmolality of a modular protein product and the osmolality of a modular protein product with a high concentration of sugar alcohol and/or simple carbohydrate. High osmolality does no...
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Diarrhea is common in the clinical setting, especially for the enterally fed patient. While enteral formulas are often to blame we must recognize that isnt always the case. Research published in 2021 in the journal of gastroenterology and hepatology found that 37.3% of the patients on enteral feeding had diarrhea. With nosocomial diarrhea being attributed to m...
Expedite is a revolutionary new medical food that utilizes the latest scientific advancements in wound healing and is the most important nutritional innovation in wound management in over 30 years.Prolyl-Hydroxyproline (PO) and Hydroxyprolyl-Glycine (OG) are two dipeptides found in collagen, which is the most abundant protein in humans and is found in tissues such as tendons ...
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition holds an annual conference each year. In addition to research initiatives, hands on skills fairs, discussion from the worlds best clinicians in the clinical support world, we also have the passionate attendees that want to soak in all the nutrition support knowledge they can possibly handle. The Medtrition team is alw...
It's no secret that patients with swallowing difficulty often struggle with overall intake which can result in malnutrition. Challenges with intake vary from fatigue to disliking the necessary texture modification and everything in between. This can create a cascade of health problems; dehydration, constipation, weakness, muscle loss and pressure injuries to name a few. A ...
