Energy expenditure and oxygen uptake kinetics in critically ill elderly patients.
Takeshi EbiharaKentaro ShimizuMasahiro OjimaYohei NakamuraYumi MitsuyamaMitsuo OhnishiHiroshi OguraTakeshi ShimazuPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2021)
Elderly critically ill patients were characterized by higher deviations in REE, lower D ̇ O 2 , and higher O2 Ext. In elderly patients, O2 Ext rather than D ̇ O 2 could be increased to meet energy consumption demands.
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