/p>Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition expands its range of nutritional solutions adapted to the needs of patients and clinicians with Fortimel Advanceda nutritional supplement developed expressly for the nutritional and functional recovery of patients at risk of malnutrition or malnourished, after a chronic event and throughout their convalescence.
It is an innovation in clinical nutrition, the result of 5 years of research and technological development at the Nutricia R&D center in Utrecht, which represents a breakthrough as a specific nutritional solution for people with increased protein-energy requirements. Fortimel Advanced’s unique formula combines 100% serum lactoproteinprotein of maximum protein quality in enteral nutrition, enriched with leucine and vitamin D.
Its mechanism of action is based on the triple anabolic synergy of its three main components, which enhances muscle protein synthesis and favors the nutritional and functional recovery of patients. This improvement in the nutritional and functional status of patients favors their mobility and helps them maintain a greater degree of independence.
And it is that chronic patients spend an average 8 days hospitalized after suffering an exacerbation or acute event of their disease. This situation not only causes a serious deterioration in their quality of life, but it can mean a risk in their nutritional and functional statuswhich can lead to the loss of part of your muscle mass, slowing down your recovery.
Thus, addressing the nutritional status of the chronic patient, especially during an acute event and the convalescence phase, is essential to address these risks and help their recovery. In this sense, the Dr Manuel Blancomedical director of highlights that “whether there has been hospital admission or not, after suffering an exacerbation of the disease, chronic patients face a phase of convalescence that does not allow them to resume their daily lives and means extending the limitations in their quality of life for a longer time. life”.
The convalescence phase has a variable duration depending on the severity of the acute event and the type of chronic disease, so it is important to ensure that the patient obtains the necessary protein-energy requirements during this period. “The inclusion of nutritional supplements as part of the treatment in malnourished patients or at risk of malnutrition during an acute event and their convalescence is a new way for the maintenance and conservation of functional capacity”, adds Dr. Blanco.
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