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Effect of parenteral and enteral nutrition on nutritional status of severely ill patients
Krištofová, Hana ; Otáhal, Michal (advisor) ; Kotrlíková, Eva (referee)
The system of nutritional support in the form of enteral and parenteral nutrition is an inherent part of therapeutic procedures in severely ill patients. The intake of sufficient energy and nutrients affects the course of treatment and subsequent convalescence. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to find out whether the intake of nutrients in these patients corresponds with the relevant recommendations and also to evaluate the difference between the nutrition indicators in blood for the different types of nutrition. The theoretical part of this bachelor thesis defines the concepts of enteral and parenteral nutrition, their indications, contraindications, composition and delivery systems. The pathophysiological processes that occur in the organism of severely ill patients as well as the needs of individual nutrients that differ from the stabilized patients are described here. The practical part deals with a sample of 36 patients who were hospitalized at the Intensive care unit of Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague . It describes energy and protein intake from the different types of nutritional support. It also evaluates whether the real income corresponds to the planned intake and whether...

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