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Table 2 Ratio of prescribed to required calories, ratio of delivered to prescribed calories and ratio of delivered to required calories per day

From: Bedside adherence to clinical practice guidelines for enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a prospective, multi-centre, observational study

Day

Number of patients on each day

% of prescribed/required

% of delivered/prescribed

% of delivered/required

1

203

43 (37-54)

85 (77-92)

36 (29-44)

2

189

67 (59-76)

85 (76-91)

57 (48-65)

3

166

73 (65-88)

90 (80-98)

66 (58-73)

4

148

80 (71-91)

90 (79-97)

72 (65-80)

5

130

86 (78-93)

93 (82-101)

80 (71-88)

6

116

88 (79-95)

90 (79-99)

79 (70-86)

7

110

87 (78-94)

93 (81-102)

81 (73-88)

  1. Values are expressed as median (interquartile range).