Energy delivery guided by indirect calorimetry in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jingyi Duan, Wen-He Zheng, Hua Zhou, Yuan Xu, Hui‐Bin Huang
Critical Care
Abstract
This meta-analysis indicates that IC-guided energy delivery significantly reduces short-term mortality in critically ill patients. This finding encourages the use of IC-guided energy delivery during critical nutrition support. But more high-quality studies are still needed to confirm these findings.
Concepts
MedicineMeta-analysisCochrane LibraryMechanical ventilationRandomized controlled trialCritically illPopulationPooled variance