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Table. 3.

Nutritional targets and deficits during neurosurgical intensive care unit hospitalization

Variable All patients (n=140)
Days from NS ICU admission to initiating nutrition support 1.75±1.0
Patients who started EN within 48 hours from NS ICU admission 61 (43.6)
Days receiving EN 20.2±17.2
Targets
Calories prescribed (kcal/day) 1,600 (1,300–1,700)
Calories prescribed (kcal/kg) 24.6 (24.1–25.7)
Total energy requirements during NS ICU period (kcal) 31,500 (15,400–54,150)
Proteins prescribed (g/day) 80 (70–90)
Proteins prescribed (g/kg) 1.26 (1.23–1.30)
Total protein requirements during NS ICU period (g) 1,617 (785–2,730)
Deficits
Cumulative caloric deficit (kcal) 8,571 (3,232–14,362)
% Cumulative caloric deficit 27.9 (13.3–48.0)
Cumulative protein deficit (g) 516.9 (210.3–840.6)
% Cumulative protein deficit 33.2 (16.0–51.8)

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation, number (%), or median (25th–75th percentiles).

NS ICU = neurosurgical intensive care unit; EN = enteral nutrition.

Ann Clin Nutr Metab 2023;15:97-108 https://doi.org/10.15747/ACNM.2023.15.3.97
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