Malnutrition Affects Patients with COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit Analice Barbosa Santos Oliveira, Alcides Pereira Brito

Abstract

It was found that the most severe forms of COVID-19, observed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), are often in the elderly and people with comorbidities, therefore, they present a greater risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia, and also damage the immune system, making people more vulnerable. This study aims to prove that early diagnosis and adequate nutritional therapy can prevent malnutrition. Systematized bibliographic research was used on the Pubmed platform, involving 30 researches. It was concluded that nutritional therapy, according to nutrition guidelines, and some strategic nutrients collaborate with the improvement of the patient's nutritional status, cooperating with their rehabilitation and quality of life.