Can-SCIP Coach App
  1. Can-SCIP
  2. Recommendations
  3. Guidelines
  4. Section 2 - MANAGEMENT OF SCI COMPLICATIONS

N - CARDIOMETABOLIC




Nutritional support of individuals with SCI is recommended as soon as feasible. It appears that early enteral nutrition (initiated within 72 hours) is safe but has not been shown to affect neurological outcomes, the length of stay, or the incidence of complications in individuals with acute SCI. (CNS- NUT 2013, p.22; Level C)