Clinical nutrition, Intensive care unit, Enteral nutrition, Parenteral nutrition, Critical illness, Clinical nutrition guidelines, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9

Abstract Background Current guidelines suggest the introduction of early nutrition support within the first 48 h of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for patients who cannot eat. In that context, we aimed to describe nutrition practices in the ICU and study the association between the introduction of early nutrition support ( 3 days were consecutively included and followed for 10 days. Their mortality was assessed at D28. We investigated the association between early nutrition (