Haroldo Falcão Ramos da Cunha

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How much calories to offer in the hypermetabolic phase of criticall illness?

I am searching where was published for first time the notion of NOT offering the full amount of calories equivalent to the total energetic expenditure, measured in indirect calorimetry. I was...

25 February 2015 253 7 View

What are your perceptions about bioimpedanciometry in non-critically ill hospitalized patients?

We recently acquired a tetrapolar bioimpedanciometry device and our results in terms os body composition percentuals differ a lot from our clinical perception. We understand that clinical...

16 January 2015 6,858 5 View

In a hemodynamically stable critically ill patient, do you have any concerns in prescribing fiber-enriched enteral nutrition?

In my country some high E:N enteral formulas are fiber-enriched. Some colleagues have concerns in prescribing these kind of formula in critically ill patient, even if these patients achieve...

05 September 2014 6,727 9 View

How frequent do you use nitrogen balance studies in patients under nutrition support in clinical wards (not in ICU) ?

There are few methods to determine protein needs in patients under nutrition therapy. Nitrogen balance studies are plenty of bias, but may provide some information. Or not. I would like to know if...

05 September 2014 6,371 12 View