Anesthesiologists’ Choice of Nutritional Therapy of Intensive Care Patients: A Survey Study

Anesthesiologists’ Choice of Nutritional Therapy of Intensive Care Patients: A Survey Study

Objective: Providing adequate nutrition to critical patients as early as possible following internalization is important. Hospitalized patients are among the highest risk groups for malnutrition. Material and Method: A questionnaire including 21 questions about clinician’s demographics and nutriti...

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Main Authors: Ahmet Şen, Başar Erdivanlı, Tolga Koyuncu, Abdullah Özdemir, Hızır Kazdal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2015-08-01
Series:Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi
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Objective: Providing adequate nutrition to critical patients as early as possible following internalization is important. Hospitalized patients are among the highest risk groups for malnutrition. Material and Method: A questionnaire including 21 questions about clinician’s demographics and nutritional therapies in intensive care units was e-mailed to anesthesiologists only. Partially answered questionnaires were not included in the analysis. Results: A total of 121 questionnaires were analyzed. Every three out of four clinician reported application of nutritional therapy in intensive care unit
and according to the guidelines. While 75% of the clinicians following the guidelines were routinely evaluating nutritional status of their patients
this ratio was only 19% in clinicians not following the guidelines (p=0.0003). Enteral nutrition was the first choice of all clinicians
and majority of the clinicians (90
74.4%) preferred central venous catheter for parenteral nutrition. The most important criteria for the choice of parenteral nutritional solution were reported as calories per volume and presence of the solution at the hospital by all clinicians. Among the clinicians following the guidelines
70% were administering fish oil
95% were administering glutamin to their patients. Among the clinicians not following the guidelines
these ratios were 44% and 80%
Anesthesiologist
intensive care unit
enteral nutrition
parenteral nutrition
guideline
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