• Crit Care · Dec 2021

    Novel protocol combining physical and nutrition therapies, Intensive Goal-directed REhabilitation with Electrical muscle stimulation and Nutrition (IGREEN) care bundle.

    • Hidehiko Nakano, Hiromu Naraba, Hideki Hashimoto, Masaki Mochizuki, Yuji Takahashi, Tomohiro Sonoo, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Yujiro Matsuishi, Nobutake Shimojo, Yoshiaki Inoue, and Kensuke Nakamura.
    • Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hitachi General Hospital, 2-1-1 Jonancho, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan. be.rann1988jp@gmail.com.
    • Crit Care. 2021 Dec 4; 25 (1): 415.

    BackgroundAlthough the combination of rehabilitation and nutrition may be important for the prevention of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness, a protocolized intervention of this combination has not yet been reported. We herein developed an original combined protocol and evaluated its efficacy.MethodsIn this single-center historical control study, we enrolled adult patients admitted to the ICU. Patients in the control group received standard care, while those in the intervention group received the protocol-based intervention. The ICU mobility scale was used to set goals for early mobilization and a neuromuscular electrical stimulation was employed when patients were unable to stand. The nutritional status was assessed for nutritional therapy, and target calorie delivery was set at 20 or 30 kcal/kg/day and target protein delivery at 1.8 g/kg/day in the intervention group. The primary endpoint was a decrease in femoral muscle volume in 10 days assessed by computed tomography.ResultsForty-five patients in the control group and 56 in the intervention group were included in the analysis. Femoral muscle volume loss was significantly lower in the intervention group (11.6 vs 14.5%, p = 0.03). The absolute risk difference was 2.9% (95% CI 0.1-5.6%). Early mobilization to a sitting position by day 10 was achieved earlier (p = 0.03), and mean calorie delivery (20.1 vs. 16.8 kcal/kg/day, p = 0.01) and mean protein delivery (1.4 vs. 0.8 g/kg/day, p < 0.01) were higher in the intervention group.ConclusionThe protocolized intervention, combining early mobilization and high-protein nutrition, contributed to the achievement of treatment goals and prevention of femoral muscle volume loss.Trial Registration NumberThe present study is registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network-clinical trials registry (UMIN000040290, Registration date: May 7, 2020).© 2021. The Author(s).

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