Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · May 2020
Nutrition deficit during intensive care stay: incidence, predisposing factors and outcomes.
Adequate nutrition support during intensive care has several benefits including lower amount of infectious complications, improved wound healing, shorter length of stay (LOS) and decreased morbidity. The aim of the present study was to survey the adequacy of nutrition throughout Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay and to examine various factors associated to cumulative nutrition inadequacy during ICU stay. ⋯ The majority of ICU patients did not reach 60% of nutrition adequacy. Nutrition inadequacy was a common finding throughout the study population. Nutrition inadequacy might be partially avoidable since adequacy less than 60% was related to underprescription and failure to administer the prescribed nutrition. Bolus enteral nutrition might be an efficient method to deliver energy in ICU setting.