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Enteral Nutrition for Critically Ill

Fresubin® ICU nutrition products are designed for critical care and engineered for recovery. Start early, adapt by phase, and support your patients all the way through.

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Enteral Nutrition for Critically Ill

Enteral Nutrition for Critical Care

Critically ill patients face rapidly shifting metabolic demands that call for a nutritional strategy designed to keep pace.

Acute Phase Early & Late

In the acute catabolic phase, progressive nutrition is essential to meet evolving metabolic demands whilst preventing overfeeding and refeeding syndrome.¹˒²

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ICU Recovery Phase

As metabolic needs shift during recovery, sustained nutritional support alongside physiotherapy becomes critical for rebuilding functional muscle mass and preventing further deterioration.¹˒²

Post-ICU Phase Rehabilitation

Nutritional support should continue seamlessly after ICU discharge, with a broad range of enteral and oral formats available to meet patients' needs throughout rehabilitation.¹˒²

Phase-adapted Feeding Strategy

Where oral intake is not possible, ESPEN guidelines recommend initiating enteral nutrition within 48 hours of ICU admission, avoiding early full feeding to reduce overfeeding risk.1 As patients progress into the convalescence and rehabilitation phase, their nutrient requirements can change. Ensuring optimal energy and protein intake is essential to support the recovery of functional muscle mass and to prevent additional weight loss.^1,2

Tailored enteral nutrition, combined with supportive therapies such as early mobilisation and physical therapy, supports patients' recovery.^1-3

Fresubin's nutrition solutions for critically ill patients include Fresubin Intesive for acute phase early period, and Fresubin 2KCAL HP and 2KCAL HP FIBRE for acute phase late period or recovery phase.

Enteral Nutrition Products for ICU

Fresubin ICU nutritional support products* are available as enteral tube feeding, oral, and texture-modified options where clinically appropriate, to support maintenance of metabolically active muscle mass and recovery during critical illness.

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Fresubin® Intensive Tube Feed

Explore the Fresubin Intensive Tube Feed range for Nutritional Support.

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Fresubin® ONS

Discover our wide range of Oral Nutritional Supplements.

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Healthcare Professional Resources

Discover our wide range of resources for healthcare professionals.

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Factsheets can be downloaded here.

Fresubin INTENSIVE Factsheet

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Fresubin 2 KCAL HP / 2 KCAL HP FIBRE Factsheet

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*Fresubin products are food for special medical purposes, to be used under medical supervision.

References:

1. Singer P, Blaser AR, Berger MM, Calder PC, Casaer M, Hiesmayr M, Mayer K, Montejo-Gonzalez JC, Pichard C, Preiser JC, Szczeklik W, van Zanten ARH, Bischoff SC. ESPEN practical and partially revised guideline: Clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit. Clin Nutr. 2023 Sep;42(9):1671-1689. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.07.011. Epub 2023 Jul 15. PMID: 37517372.

2. Van Zanten ARH, De Waele E, Wischmeyer PE. Critical care 2019; 23(1):368.)

3. McClave SA et al. Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016; 40(2): 159-211