Metabolic and physiologic changes during critical illness can be protective mechanisms for hospitalized patients but increases their risk for malnutrition which in turn leads to poor outcomes. Clinicians must assess patients' nutritional status during acute illness and determine their need for nutritional support. By understanding the physiologic changes and patients' metabolic adaptations to stress, clinicians can choose the appropriate assessment tool and type of nutritional support needed to improve outcomes in critically ill patients.
The Fellowship in Clinical Nutrition course by Medvarsity will enable learners to employ the best practices of managing nutrition support therapy in different disease conditions. The course content is built with inputs from experts in the field, including international faculty. A number of case studies are discussed throughout the course to discuss patients with various disease conditions and how nutritional management helps them.