CI: Major Recommendations and Supporting Evidence (2012)
Major Recommendations
Each recommendation receives a rating of Strong, Weak, or Consensus. The rating for the recommendation is primarily based on the strength of the supporting evidence but also the balance between benefits or harms anticipated and the clinical practice implications. The Academy categorizes recommendations in terms of either Imperative or Conditional statements. Conditional statements clearly define a specific situation or specific sub-population within the larger guideline population. Imperative statements are broadly applicable to the target population without restraints on their application. Learn more →
Below you will find a list of Critical Illness Recommendations organized by Topic.
Critical Illness (CI) Major Recommendations
Screening
Nutrition Screening
CI: Nutrition Assessment/Reassessment
CI: Assessment
CI: Reassessment
CI: Determination of Resting Metabolic Rate
CI: RMR Predictive Equations for Non-obese Critically Ill Adults
CI: RMR Predictive Equations for Obese Critically Ill Adults
EE: Energy Expenditure Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline
EE: Measuring Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) in the Healthy and Non-Critically Ill Guideline
EE: Measuring Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) in the Critically Ill Guideline
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CI: Enteral vs. Parenteral Nutrition
CI: Initiation of Enteral Nutrition
CI: Gastric vs. Small Bowel Feeding Tube Placement
CI: Feeding Tube Placement
CI: Enteral Nutrition Energy Delivery
CI: Optimizing Enteral Nutrition Delivery
CI: Patient Positioning
CI: Gastric Residual Volume
CI: Use of A Promotility Agent
CI: Immune-Modulating Enteral Nutrition
CI: Enteral Formulas Containing Immune-Modulating Nutrients in Patients without ARDS and Acute Lung Injury
CI: Enteral Formulas Containing Immune-Modulating Nutrients in Patients with ARDS and Acute Lung Injury
CI: Enteral Nutrition and Fiber
CI: Addition of Fiber to Enteral Nutrition to Reduce Diarrhea
CI: Supplemental Enteral Glutamine
CI: Supplemental Intravenous Glutamine
CI: Hypocaloric, High Protein Feeding Regimen
CI: Monitoring and Evaluation of Critically Ill Adults