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Table 1 Summary of caloric needs of critically ill and healthy individuals in the context of the Minnesota Starvation Study and actual current ICU calorie delivery

From: Tailoring nutrition therapy to illness and recovery

 

Mean REE (kcal/day)

TEE (kcal/day)

TEE/weight (kcal/kg/day)

Uehara et al., ICU study [12]

 Sepsis patients (mean age 67)

  Week 1

~ 1854

1927 ± 370

25 ± 5

  Week 2

 

3257 ± 370

47 ± 6

 Trauma patients (mean age 34)

  Week 1

~ 2122

2380 ± 422

31 ± 6

  Week 2

 

4123 ± 518

59 ± 7

WHO calorie requirements, healthy subjectsa

 Men

 

~ 3000

44 (range 35–53)

 Women

 

~ 2500

36 (range 29–44)

Minnesota Starvation Study calorie delivery

 

Delivered energy (kcal/day)

Delivered energy/weight (kcal/kg/day)

 Baseline period

 

3200

~ 50

 Starvation period

 

~ 1800

23–30

 Recovery period delivery (for recovery to occur)

 

~ 4000

~ 60

  1. Actual average 1034 kcal/day delivered in critically ill patients over first 12 days of ICU stay [15]
  2. REE resting energy expenditure, TEE total energy expenditure, WHO World Health Organization
  3. aData for a healthy 70-kg person with intermediate physical activity (1.75 physical activity level factor). Reference: http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5686e/y5686e00.htm#Contents