Screening Day Latin America to Assess Disease-related Malnutrition and Clinical Nutrition Practice in ICU Patients
Screening Day Latin America to Assess Disease-related Malnutrition and Clinical Nutrition Practice in ICU Patients
This is a survey which will be performed on a specific day (the "Screening Day") in Latin American ICUs.
In eligible patients who receive enteral or parenteral nutrition a retrospective calculation of the "caloric deficit" will be performed. The caloric deficit is the difference between energy target of each patient and actually administered calories.
The Screening Day Latin America is a non-interventional, cross-sectional and retrospective study. The study focusses on patients receiving enteral (tube feeding, EN) and/or parenteral nutrition (PN).
All patients hospitalized on the defined Screening Day in participating ICUs will be checked for eligibility. In eligible patients the patient charts will be reviewed and the following parameters will be documented:
The study will be performed in 8 Latin American countries.
Data will be recorded anonymously in an electronic case report form.
The study data of this explorative study will be analyzed using descriptive statistical methods.
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients will be included if the following criteria are fulfilled:
A critically ill patient is defined as a patient with at least one organ failure.
Exclusion Criteria:
The following patients are excluded from the documentation:
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1437, Argentina
Caba, Buenos Aires C1280AEB, Argentina
Caba, Buenos Aires F.D. C1425AGP, Argentina
Caba, Buenos Aires F.D. C1425DUH, Argentina
Caba, Buenos Aires F.D. C1426AYQ, Argentina
Región Metropolitana, Chile
Región Metropolitana, Chile
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas 29047, Mexico
Trujillo La Libertad, Peru