Meeting Protein Targets in Critically Ill Patients

Meeting Protein Targets in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Analysis

This is a retrospective study of protein and energy intake in enterally fed critically ill adult patients before and after the introduction of a very high protein enteral nutrition formula in a single center medical/surgical ICU.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients ≥ 18 years of age, mechanically ventilated
• Received enteral nutrition for a minimum of five days during the first week of ICU admission

Exclusion Criteria:

• Received parenteral nutrition during first week of ICU admission
• Acute renal failure not dialyzed
• Hepatic encephalopathy grade 3 or 4
• Intentional underfeeding/trophic feeding - including refeeding syndrome