Clinical Nutrition Blog

Mental capacity and nutritional decision-making intersect in brain injury, dementia, and end-of-life cases. A dietitian expert witness can address best interests assessments, artificial nutrition decisions, and the standard of care in capacity-affected patients.

Errors in total parenteral nutrition and home parenteral nutrition management are a serious cause of patient harm. A dietitian expert witness can assess whether PN prescribing, monitoring, and management met accepted clinical standards and whether failures caused harm.

Learn how nutrition is managed in ICU patients with brain injury, including feeding methods, challenges, and risks of inadequate support.

Learn when enteral feeding is required after brain injury, including tube types, risks, and best practice nutritional management.