Nutritional support for hospitalized patients is recognized as an important medical therapy. Appropriate nutritional support can promote the patient's maximal response to medications, resistance to sepsis, and recovery from injury. Nutritional support service can be performed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, registered dietitians, registered nurses, and registered pharmacists. A comprehensive protocol has been developed to guide the nutritional support service. This review summarizes the guidelines of our protocol.
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