Are we meeting nutritional targets for critically ill patients?

摘要

To the Editor, Critically ill patients benefit from early enteral nutrition (EN), as it promotes gastrointestinal immunity and decreases nosocomial infections. Nevertheless, cross-sectional studies show that up to 40% of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) do not receive nutrition. The objective of this report was to evaluate the time to nutritional adequacy, defined as the time to achieve at least 80% prescribed EN, and associated factors in our centre (Table).