Relationship between critical care nutrition and post-intensive care syndrome in surviving ventilated patients with COVID-19

Kensuke Nakamura, Junji Hatakeyama, Keibun Liu, Kazuma Yamakawa, Takeshi Nishida, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Shigeaki Inoue, Satoru Hashimoto, Shuhei Maruyama, Daisuke Kawakami, Yoshitaka Ogata, Katsura Hayakawa, Hiroaki Shimizu, Taku Oshima, Tatsuya Fuchigami, Osamu Nishida. DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.23-66

Abstract: The impact of nutrition therapy in the acute phase on post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) remains unclear. We conducted a multicenter prospective study on adult patients with COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation for more than three days. The questionnaire was mailed after discharge. Physical PICS, defined as less than 90 points on the Barthel index (BI), was assigned as the primary outcome. We examined the types of nutrition therapy in the first week that affected PICS components. 269 eligible patients were evaluated 10 months after discharge.