Comments on Marik and Hooper: Normocaloric versus hypocaloric feeding on the outcomes of ICU patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M. Bitzani

DOI:10.1007/s00134-016-4248-0

Corpus ID: 34072936

Comments on Marik and Hooper: Normocaloric versus hypocaloric feeding on the outcomes of ICU patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

@article{Bitzani2016CommentsOM,
  title={Comments on Marik and Hooper: Normocaloric versus hypocaloric feeding on the outcomes of ICU patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis},
  author={M. Bitzani},
  journal={Intensive Care Medicine},
  year={2016},
  volume={42},
  pages={628-629}
}

M. Bitzani
Published 2016
Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine

Dear Editor, In a recent review and meta-analysis published online ahead of print on 10 November 2015 [1], Marik and Hooper addressed the impact of hypocaloric feeding on the outcome of critically ill patients. They reported no difference in the outcome parameters between patients receiving hypocaloric feeding and those fed normocalorically. Yet, both methodology and interpretation of the findings raise serious concern. Patients enrolled in the six studies included in the analysis were… Expand

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