Critical Care Section Forum: High versus Low Protein in Critical Illness: Reconciling Conflicting Evidence and Translating Contemporary Trials into Clinical Practice

This presentation will provide clinicians with a practical framework for reconciling conflicting evidence, interpreting landmark clinical trials, and incorporating contemporary findings into individualized patient care. By emphasizing methodological strengths and limitations, evidence hierarchy, and biologic plausibility, participants will be better equipped to determine which patients may benefit from higher protein delivery, which patients may be harmed, and where important knowledge gaps remain. The session will conclude with a discussion of future research priorities, including optimal timing of protein administration, phase-specific nutrition strategies, precision nutrition approaches, and implications for future directions.