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    • Clinical Nutrition
    • Critical Care Medicine
    • Surgical Recovery

    Background:

    • Early nutrition is crucial for surgical patients to manage metabolic responses and improve outcomes.
    • Identifying patients at risk for respiratory complications is key before initiating oral feeding.
    • Gastrointestinal motility issues are common in critical illness and can complicate nutritional support.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To determine optimal timing for initiating oral alimentation in extubated intensive care unit (ICU) patients, particularly surgical ICU patients.
    • To support lean body mass, hydration, and oral medication intake in recovering ICU patients.
    • To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a bedside oral alimentation challenge test.

    Main Methods:

    • A cross-sectional multicenter study conducted in 18 Spanish ICUs during the 2007 European Nutrition Day.
    • Investigated oral nutritional support in 348 patients.
    • Assessed adverse effects such as constipation and diarrhea.

    Main Results:

    • Only 27.3% of investigated patients received oral nutritional support.
    • Constipation was more frequent than diarrhea among patients not receiving oral nutritional support.
    • A bedside oral care challenge can safely guide diet recommendations, avoiding further dysphagia testing.

    Conclusions:

    • Timely initiation of oral alimentation is critical for recovering ICU patients to maintain muscle mass and hydration.
    • A simple bedside oral challenge is effective in identifying patients who can safely commence oral feeding.
    • Adverse gastrointestinal effects like constipation require careful monitoring and management in critically ill patients.