The Role of Nutrition in Recovery from COVID-

The Role of Nutrition in Recovery from COVID-


The Role of Nutrition in Recovery from COVID-19

​Dr. Riccardo Caccialanza
Head of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Service
IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
Dr. Riccardo Caccialanza speaks to News-Medical about his research on the role of nutrition in recovering from COVID-19 and how implementing nutritional support early on can make a significant difference to patient recovery time.
What has led you to explore the importance of nutrition in COVID-19 recovery?
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. This has meant that nutrition has had to become an important part of COVID-19 patients’ recovery.
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