Body Composition Technology: Implications for the ICU.

摘要: Malnutrition continues to be highly prevalent in hospitalized and critically ill patients is associated with significant morbidity mortality. Additionally, survivors of critical illness have an increased risk for sarcopenia, which leads weakness physical debilitation that can persist years. Nutrition assessment tools been developed validated but limitations. Variables such as body weight, mass index, weight change, or percentage food intake difficult obtain may misleading given changes composition, increase water. Assessment composition through new techniques provides a unique opportunity counter some these limitations develop improved methods nutrition based on objective data. The present manuscript review the most commonly available clinical technology (bioimpedance, computed tomography, ultrasound), including data from trials highlighting benefits weaknesses each modality.