Explain the Dietary Management of Sepsis and MODS?
Patients suffering from sepsis and/or resultant multiple system organ dysfunctions are critically ill and admitted in the intensive care unit of the hospital. They usually have an impaired immune function and compromised cardiopulmonary functional capacity.
Such patients may also have reduced functional and regulatory capacities of renal and/or gastrointestinal lract and impaired immune function along with compromised cardiopulmonary function capacity. They generally have altered blood/ urine indices (abnormal serum albumin) and are liypermctabolic. The Urine Urea Nitrogen (UUN) excretion in grams per day has been used to evaluate the degree of hypermetabolism.