Nutrition support in the time of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

[...]the timing of nutritional intervention appears to be critical because most patients rapidly progress from cough to dyspnea, and then to respiratory failure and admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) for mechanical ventilation [4,5]. [...]the protocol should not be considered as a guideline but rather an example of the strategy implemented by a team of experts to deliver nutritional care to patients at a high risk of malnutrition in a difficult working environment. According to recent ESPEN guidelines, enteral nutrition is preferred for patients in the ICU who receive mechanical ventilation [15].