DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i04.026

Pages: 1165-1169

Dietitians play an important role in the reduce of ,morbidity and mortality rates by effective nutrition support especially in hospitals whether in the words or in intensive care unit to detect and to prevent or curtail the metabolic complications of overfeeding by identifying patients at risk. The multidisciplinary team inside ICU It brings together nutritional experts from medicine/surgery, nursing, dietetics and pharmacy that can co-ordinate the contributions of each of these specialties into coherent nutritional support. The aim of this study was to confirm the dietitian role in parenteral nutrition administration among a multidisciplinary team according to international organizations associated with parenteral and enteral nutrition. An extensive literature review was conducted across internet using the Google scholar, books as well as a various literature databases written in English. The search was conducted based on a diversity of key words related to the review topic. The dietitian evolved from the nursing profession and established herself as an authority on nutrition and dietetics.in conclusion all associations of parenteral and enteral nutrition have repeatedly recommended the development of multidisciplinary nutrition support teams, which include dietitians, to optimize management of patients on parenteral nutrition and to improve patient outcomes and save costs.