Table 2 Nutrition data of study patients
Number of patients | Total |
|---|---|
|  | n = 2,270 |
Nutritional prescription | Â |
   Mean energy, kcal/day (SD) | 1,757.7 (352.1) |
   Mean energy, kcal/kg/day (SD) | 23.9 (5.7) |
   Mean protein, gram/day (SD) | 88.2 (24.7) |
   Mean protein, gram/kg/day (SD) | 1.2 (0.3) |
Nutrition received | Â |
   Mean energy, kcal/day (SD) | 1,056.9 (480.5) |
   Mean energy, kcal/kg/day (SD) | 14.5 (7.2) |
   Adequacy of calories from nutrition therapy, % (SD) | 60.8 (26.3) |
   Mean protein, gram/day (SD) | 48.9 (24.3) |
   Mean protein, gram/kg/day (SD) | 0.7 (0.3) |
   Adequacy of protein from nutrition therapy, % (SD) | 57.0 (26.6) |
Number of patients on nutrition therapy, n (%) | Â |
   EN only | 2,204 (97.1) |
   None | 66 (2.9) |
Hours to initiation of EN mean (SD) | 26.6 (26.4) |
Mean morning blood glucose (mmol/l) (SD) | 7.9 (1.9) |
Head of elevation | 32.7 (9.9) |
Motility agent use in patients with EN intolerance*, n (%) | 307 (68.1) |
Small bowel feeding in patients with EN intolerance*, n (%) | 57 (12.6) |
EN formula, n (%) | Â |
   Arginine-enriched formula | 79 (3.5) |
   Fish oil-enriched formula | 143 (6.3) |
   Glutamine-enriched formula | 5 (0.2) |
   Polymeric formula | 1,976 (87.1) |
Body weight used in calculation of nutrition prescription, n (%) | Â |
Actual body weight | 1,144 (50.4) |
   IBW based on Hamwi formula | 117 (5.2) |
   IBW based on BMI 20–25 kg/m2 | 254 (11.2) |
   Other | 691 (30.4) |
   No weight used in calculation | 18 (0.8) |
   Missing | 46 (2.0) |
Method used to calculate energy requirements#, n (%) | Â |
   Indirect calorimetry | 13 (0.6) |
   Harris-Benedict equation | 259 (11.4) |
   Weight-based formula | 1,220 (53.7) |
   Other§ | 854 (37.6) |
   None | 8 (0.4) |