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  • Critical care medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Nutritional science

Background:

  • Malnutrition is prevalent in critical illness, increasing adverse outcomes.
  • Hypermetabolism, underfeeding, and malabsorption contribute to malnutrition.
  • Early enteral nutrition improves outcomes in critically ill patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review alterations in fat metabolism during critical illness.
  • To examine the consequences of these alterations on nutrition status.
  • To inform nutrition therapy strategies based on fat absorption changes.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on fat digestion and absorption in critical illness.
  • Analysis of mechanical and chemical processes affecting fat metabolism.
  • Consideration of pharmacologic interventions and their impact on fat absorption.

Main Results:

  • Critical illness impairs fat digestion and absorption through delayed gastric emptying and altered gut transit.
  • Pharmacologic interventions can negatively impact fat absorption.
  • Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and lymphatic dysfunction contribute to fat malabsorption.

Conclusions:

  • Recognizing alterations in fat digestion is essential for optimal nutrition therapy in critical illness.
  • Further research is needed to quantify the effects of gut lymphatic dysfunction on fat malabsorption.
  • Addressing fat malabsorption can improve nutritional status and outcomes for critically ill patients.