Coronary Diseases

Nutrition role in COVID

There is little practical clinical guidance for nutritional care during recovery of COVID-19, even though it can impact recovery time and people’s ability to return to doing the things that matter most to them. Nutrition is vital for maintaining skeletal muscle and avoiding metabolic disturbances and when patients are spending around two weeks in ICU, these can become very serious issues. Respiratory difficulties add an extra layer of complexity, preventing patients from eating effectively. A huge proportion of the patients we have treated required assisted ventilation, making it difficult to provide food and oral supplements. Nutrition is vital for maintaining skeletal muscle and avoiding metabolic disturbances - when patients are spending around two weeks in ICU, these can become very serious issues. This has meant that nutrition has had to become an important part of COVID-19 patient’s recovery.

• Diet plan
• Diet inflammation
• Nutrition status
• Food drug interactions