Nutritional Support After Spinal Cord Injury

Publication Date: March 1, 2013
Last Updated: March 14, 2022

RECOMMENDATIONS

Indirect calorimetry as the best means to determine the caloric needs of spinal cord injury patients is recommended. (Level II)
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Nutritional support of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients is recommended as soon as feasible. It appears that early enteral nutrition (initiated within 72 hours) is safe, but has not been shown to affect neurological outcome, the length of stay, or the incidence of complications in patients with acute SCI. (Level III)
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Overview

Title

Nutritional Support After Spinal Cord Injury

Authoring Organization

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Publication Month/Year

March 1, 2013

Last Updated Month/Year

January 12, 2023

Document Type

Guideline

External Publication Status

Published

Country of Publication

US

Document Objectives

It provides guideline on the nutritional support after spinal cord injury following trauma

 

Target Patient Population

Spinal cord injured patients

Inclusion Criteria

Female, Male, Adolescent, Adult, Older adult

Health Care Settings

Emergency care, Hospital

Intended Users

Nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant

Scope

Assessment and screening, Management

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D013116 - Spinal Cord, D000066888 - Diet, Food, and Nutrition, D044623 - Nutrition Therapy, D018529 - Nutritional Support, D013119 - Spinal Cord Injuries, D002153 - Calorimetry, Indirect, D009584 - Nitrogen, D019282 - Wasting Syndrome

Keywords

calorimetry, Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), nitrogen waste

Source Citation

Neurosurgery, Volume 72, Issue suppl_3, March 2013, Pages 255–259, https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827728d9