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Understanding delayed initiation: In which population should you delay initiating parenteral nutrition?

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Research from landmark trials has shifted clinical practice, revealing that withholding supplemental parenteral nutrition (PN) for the first week in certain intensive care unit (ICU) patients is clinically beneficial. This raises a critical question for healthcare teams and patients' families: **in which population should you delay initiating parenteral nutrition?**