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ESPEN guidelines on nutritional support for polymorbid internal medicine patients

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Gomes, Filomena, Schuetz, Philipp, Bounoure, Lisa, Austin, Peter, Ballesteros-Pomar, María, Cederholm, Tommy, Fletcher, Jane, Laviano, Alessandro +7 more·2018·Clinical Nutrition

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Background & aims Polymorbidity (also known as multimorbidity) - defined as the co-occurrence of at least two chronic health conditions - is highly prevalent, particularly in the hospitalized population. Nonetheless, clinical guidelines largely address individual diseases and rarely account for polymorbidity. The aim of this project was to develop guidelines on nutritional support for polymorbid patients hospitalized in medical wards. Methods The methodology used for the development of the current project follows the standard operating procedures for ESPEN guidelines. It started with an initial meeting of the Working Group in January 2015, where twelve key clinical questions were developed that encompassed different aspects of nutritional support: indication, route of feeding, energy and protein requirements, micronutrient requirements, disease-specific nutrients, timing, monitoring and procedure of intervention. Systematic literature searches were conducted in three different databases (Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library), as well as in secondary sources (e.g. published guidelines), until April 2016. Retrieved abstracts were screened to identify relevant studies that were used to develop recommendations, which were followed by submission to Delphi voting rounds. Results From a total of 4532 retrieved abstracts, 38 relevant studies were analyzed and used to generate a guideline draft that proposed 22 recommendations and four statements. The results of the first online voting showed a strong consensus (agreement of >90%) in 68% of recommendations and 75% of statements, and consensus (agreement of >75-90%) in 32% of recommendations and 25% of statements. At the final consensus conference, a consensus greater than 89% was reached for all of the recommendations. Conclusions Despite the methodological difficulties in creating non-disease specific guidelines, the evidence behind several important aspects of nutritional support for polymorbid medical inpatients was reviewed and summarized into practical clinical recommendations. Use of these guidelines offer an evidence-based nutritional approach to the polymorbid medical inpatient and may improve their outcomes.

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  • For polymorbid medical inpatients at nutritional risk with impaired kidney function (eGFR <30 ml/min/1.73m2) who are not on kidney replacement therapy, a low amount of protein of 0.8 g protein/kg body weight/day should be targeted.

    “For polymorbid medical inpatients at nutritional risk with impaired kidney function (eGFR <30 ml/min/1.73m 2 ) who are not on kidney replacement therapy, a low amount of protein of 0.8 g protein/kg body weight/day should be targeted.”

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    The Accepted Manuscript (p. 32) reports that renal-patient guidelines recommend 0.8–1 g/kg/day for at-risk or malnourished inpatients with renal failure who are not receiving renal replacement therapy. It does not specify an eGFR threshold or a fixed 0.8 g/kg/day target; it explicitly says a protein-intake recommendation cannot be made for polymorbid inpatients with a renal condition. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Gomes, F., Schuetz, P., Bounoure, L., Austin, P., Ballesteros-Pomar, M., Cederholm, T., Fletcher, J., Laviano, A., Norman, K., Poulia, K.-A., Ravasco, P., Schneider, S. M., Stanga, Z., Weekes, C. E., & Bischoff, S. C.
Affiliations
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (ES)
  • Uppsala University (SE)
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (GB)
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • Laiko General Hospital of Athens (GR)
  • University of Lisbon (PT)
  • University of Bern (CH)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • University of Hohenheim (DE)
Venue
Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-02
Volume
37
Issue
1
Pages
336-353
ISSN
0261-5614 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2738062702
Cited by
363
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 24 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 4
FWCI
23.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Clinical Nutrition (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • ESPEN society
  • SNF Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00 P3_150531/1)
  • Research Council of the Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland (1410.000.044)
  • Nestlé and Fresenius
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
Keywords
multimorbidity, nutritional support, internal medicine, energy and protein requirements, micronutrient requirements, Delphi consensus, ESPEN
MeSH terms
Hospitalization, Humans, Comorbidity, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Nutrition Therapy

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