key: cord-0752441-7rnu7nst
authors: Tan, Shanjun; Wu, Guohao
title: Espen expert statements and practical guidance on clinical nutrition in COVID-19 patients
date: 2020-05-29
journal: Clin Nutr
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.05.026
sha: 2ffcc7b965e2616079f7de9fe6a7113644f8608f
doc_id: 752441
cord_uid: 7rnu7nst

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Letter to the Editor 1 Espen expert statements and practical guidance on clinical 2 nutrition in COVID-19 patients 3 Dear Editor, 4 We read with great interest the recent European Society for Clinical Nutrition and with regard to those in the ICU setting or in the presence of 70 older age and 7 polymorbidity [1] . The guidance included 10 practical recommendations, which were 8 based on current ESPEN guidelines and further expert advice. This is a timely and 9 excellent work and the authors should be congratulated. However, we have one but 10 possible very important issue concerning the disease that the guidance focused on.

In the present guidance, the term SARS-CoV-2 appeared several times, but its . Therefore, to avoid the 18 confusion above, more information about SARS-CoV-2 is necessary. 19 We would welcome other comments as this would be helpful to better understand 20 this practical guidance for nutritional management of COVID-19 patients. 

Espen expert 35 statements and practical guidance for nutritional management of individuals 36 with sars-cov-2 infection

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and 40 its viruses-a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group

PhD 44 Department of General Surgery/Shanghai Clinical Nutrition Research Center