A Review of Nutrition Support Guidelines for Individuals with or Recovering from COVID-19 in the Community.
Nutrients
; 12(11)2020 Oct 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-983188
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 negatively impacts nutritional status and as such identification of nutritional risk and consideration of the need for nutrition support should be fundamental in this patient group. In recent months, clinical nutrition professional organisations across the world have published nutrition support recommendations for health care professionals. This review summarises key themes of those publications linked to nutrition support of adults with or recovering from COVID-19 outside of hospital. Using our search criteria, 15 publications were identified from electronic databases and websites of clinical nutrition professional organisations, worldwide up to 19th June 2020. The key themes across these publications included the importance in the community setting of (i) screening for malnutrition, which can be achieved by remote consultation; (ii) care plans with appropriate nutrition support, which may include food based strategies, oral nutritional supplements and referral to a dietitian; (iii) continuity of nutritional care between settings including rapid communication at discharge of malnutrition risk and requirements for ongoing nutrition support. These themes, and indeed the importance of nutritional care, are fundamental and should be integrated into pathways for the rehabilitation of patients recovering from COVID-19.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Nutrition Policy
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Malnutrition
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Nutrition Therapy
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Traditional medicine
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nu12113230
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