PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mithi Kalayaan Zamora
AU  - Jubert Benedicto
AU  - Vladimir Roque
TI  - Nutrition practices in the medical intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital: an observational cohort study
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.2013
DP  - 2020 Sep 07
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 2013
VI  - 56
IP  - suppl 64
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/56/suppl_64/2013.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/56/suppl_64/2013.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2020 Sep 07; 56
AB  - Background and Objective: The optimal amount of energy and caloric requirement is important in reducing morbidity, mortality and improving outcomes among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Despite this, there remains a large gap between recommendations and application. This pilot study in the Philippines aim to describe the current nutrition practices among physicians in the medical ICU.Methodology: A descriptive prospective cohort study evaluating nutrition practices among physicians in the medical ICU for three months to examine adequacy of nutritional intake, choice of route of feeding and associations between these practices and outcomes of ICU patients.Results: A total of n = 54 patients were enrolled in three months with majority having cardiac etiology. There is no significant difference between average prescribed target caloric requirement at 27 kcal/kg versus actual caloric intake at 26 kcal/kg (p = 0.188) with 92.5% of physicians initiating either enteral or oral feeding within 48 hours of ICU admission. Analysis of data show significant correlation between timing of feeding and meeting caloric requirement in the duration of ICU stay.Conclusion: Physicians in the medical ICU meet their target ICU caloric requirement for the patients with an isocaloric diet during the first 48 hours of ICU admission using either enteral or oral route of feeding.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2020; 56: Suppl. 64, 2013.This abstract was presented at the 2020 ERS International Congress, in session “Respiratory viruses in the "pre COVID-19" era”.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).