Explain the Objectives of nutritional care?
- To minimize the development of nutrient imbalance.
- To maintain fluid and electrolyte homeostasis
- To promote energy equilibrium
- To help in achieving and maintaining normal/ safe levels of all macro and micro-nutrients.
The nutrition care plan for meeting the above mentioned objectives can come into play only when the patient is haemodynornically stable. We shall now proceed towards learning about the dietary management during sepsis/MODS. It is important to note that over-enthusiastic feeding of the patient would only worsen his disease condition. Patients suffering from sepsis and / or MODS should not be expected to gain weight body mass or strength until the source of hyper-metabolism is treated.