New and Upcoming Pathway Content

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Knowledge Pathways

• Critical Illness
  Updated 2024-04-10
• Gastrointestinal System - Bowel Obstruction
  Updated 2024-03-13

Practice Questions

• Do vegetarian diets support optimum athletic performance as well as omnivorous diets?
  Updated 2024-04-25
• Are creatine, caffeine or protein supplements safe and effective for improving exercise performance, decreasing fat mass or improving recovery after exercise?
  Updated 2024-04-25
• What dietary strategies can be used to treat relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) in athletes?
  Posted 2024-04-25
• Does alcohol consumption interfere with post-exercise (recovery)?
  Updated 2024-04-25
• Are higher carbohydrate diets more effective than lower carbohydrate diets at improving exercise performance?
  Updated 2024-04-24
• What is the optimal timing and composition of a pre-exercise meal to support athletic performance?
  Updated 2024-04-24
• Does immunonutrient supplementation improve patient outcomes in critically ill adults?
  Updated 2024-03-27
• What strategies can improve intake or nutritional outcomes of adults in hospital (e.g. food service system modifications, protected mealtimes, mealtime assistance, multidisciplinary approaches)?
  Updated 2024-03-21
• How does blenderized tube feeding compare to commercial enteral formula in adults and children?
  Posted 2024-03-15
• What nutrition monitoring (e.g. overfeeding, underfeeding, refeeding syndrome) is recommended for critically ill adults receiving nutrition support?
  Posted 2024-03-14
• What nutrition screening and assessment tools can be used to identify nutritional risk and to assess malnutrition in critically ill adults?
  Posted 2024-03-14
• What are the energy and protein requirements of critically ill adults?
  Updated 2024-03-13
• Does the use of enteral versus parenteral nutrition or enteral nutrition combined with parenteral nutrition result in improved outcomes in critically ill adults?
  Posted 2024-03-13
• Can a low fibre diet prevent bowel obstruction in individuals at risk of bowel obstruction?
  Updated 2024-03-12

Summary of Recommendations and Evidence

• Nutrition Support - Enteral and Parenteral Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
  Updated 2024-04-18
• Critical Illness Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
  Updated 2024-04-10
• Malnutrition Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
  Updated 2024-03-21
• Gastrointestinal System - Bowel Obstruction Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
  Updated 2024-03-13

Practice Guidance Toolkits

• Wound Care and Pressure Injuries Practice Guidance Toolkit
  Updated 2024-01-08
• Gastrointestinal System - Pancreatitis Practice Guidance Toolkit
  Posted 2024-01-08

Backgrounds

• Probiotics Background
  Updated 2024-04-22
• Food Safety - Pesticides/Herbicides Background
  Updated 2024-04-10

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Upcoming Content