Table 3.
Summary of published literature reporting nutritional interventions in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
| Patient Population |
Nutrition Therapy |
Other |
Reference | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Study Design | Hospital Ward Population | Total Subjects (N) | Any Nutritional Support (%) - NOT hospital diet | No nutritional support (due to contraindications) | ONS (%) | EN (%) | PN (%) | EN + PN (%) | Propofol (%) | |
| China | Multicenter retrospective observational | Critical (ICU) | 211 | NR | NR | 6.2 (initial therapy mode) | 21.8 (initial therapy mode) | 33.6 (initial therapy mode) | NR | NR | Li 2020 [37] |
| China | Retrospective | Non-Critical | 73 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 8.6 | NR | NR | Wang 2020 [61] |
| China | Retrospective | Critical | 67 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 86 | NR | NR | Wang 2020 [61] |
| China | Retrospective, observational | Severe | 346 | 20.3 | NR | NR | 13 | 8.1 | 1 | NR | Zhao 2020 [15] |
| China | Retrospective, observational | Critical | 61–66 | 45.9 | NR | NR | 23 | 31.1 | 8.2 | NR | Zhao 2020 [15] |
| Italy | One-day clinical audit | Hospitalized (ICU, sub-ICU, IMCU, RU) | 268 | NR | NR | 6 | 12.7 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 0 | Pironi 2020 [30] |
| Italy | One-day clinical audit | Critical (ICU) | 46 | NR | NR | 2.2 | 69.6 | 23.9 | 10.9 | 43.5 | Pironi 2020 [30] |
| Italy | One-day clinical audit | Critical (sub- ICU) | 21 | NR | NR | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pironi 2020 [30] |
| Italy | One-day clinical audit | Non-Critical (IMCU) | 162 | NR | NR | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Pironi 2020 [30] |
| Italy | One-day clinical audit | Non-Critical (RU) | 39 | NR | NR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pironi 2020 [30] |
| China | Retrospective, observational | Critical (ICU) | 136 | NR | 11 | NR | 57 | 10 | 22 | NR | Zhang 2020 [17] |
| France | Retrospective, observational | Non-severe (Hospitalized, not ICU) | 74 | NR | NR | 55.4 | 0 | 0 | NR | NR | Allard 2020 [53] |
| France | Retrospective, observational | Severe (Hospitalized, not ICU) | 34 | NR | NR | 82.4 | 8.8 | 0 | NR | NR | Allard 2020 [53] |
Abbreviations: Enteral Nutrition (EN), Parenteral Nutrition (PN), Not Reported (NR), Rehab Unit (RU), Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU), Sub Intensive Care Unit (sub-ICU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU).