Nutrition Intake In The Post Icu Hospitalization Period

Oral nutrition provided alone was the most common mode of nutrition therapy.

Nutrition intake in the post icu hospitalization period. Kw intensive care. Energy and protein intake in the post icu hospitalization period was less than estimated and measured energy requirements. Over 227 total days in the post icu hospitalization period a median iqr of 1238 869 1813 kcal and 60 35 89 5 g of protein was received from nutrition therapy. Achieving nutrition targets are complex and multifactorial but can primarily be grouped into three main areas.

In this period nutrition rehabilitation may be a vital component of recovery. Recently where the post icu hospitalization period in critical care survivors has become a focus for nutrition rehabilitation. Oral nutrition either alone n 124 days 55 or in combination with enteral nutrition n 96 days 42 was the predominant mode. Kw enteral nutrition.

However calorie and protein intake remains below predicted targets in the post icu hospitalization period. Kw nutrition support practice. We aimed to describe energy and protein intake and determine the feasibility of measuring energy expenditure during the post icu hospitalization period in critically ill adults. Kw critical care.

A nutrition intervention in the post icu hospitalization. Little is currently known about nutrition intake and energy requirements in the post intensive care unit icu hospitalization period in critically ill patients.