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Nutritional support in patients with extracorporeal life support and ventricular assist devices
Christian Stoppe1, Ekaterina Nesterova2, Gunnar Elke3
1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Purpose Of Review:
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) including venovenous and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and ventricular assist devices (VAD) provide mechanical pulmonary and circulatory support, respectively, in patients with acute pulmonary or cardiovascular failure. This review discusses recently published data regarding specific topics of nutritional support in patients with ECLS and VAD.
Recent Findings:
ECLS may aggravate loss of endogenous and exogenous micronutrients and macronutrients. Observational studies have shown that enteral nutrition is feasible and most commonly used in patients with ECLS. Indirect calorimetry may be feasible for measuring energy expenditure during ECLS. Specific tools are available to assess malnutrition or nutrition risk in patients with VAD but require further validation in the perioperative setting. If parenteral nutrition is indicated, the use of intravenous lipid emulsions may be associated with membrane oxygenator dysfunction of the ECLS device or increased infectious risk in patients with VAD.
Summary:
Despite the exponential use of ECLS and VAD over the last decade, the role of nutrition on clinical outcome in this patient population remains an important but yet underinvestigated field.
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