Correlation factors of nutritional deficiencies in critically ill children / 中华临床营养杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To assess the nutritional status of critically ill children and the nutritional intake during their stay in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU),and analyze the correlation factors of nutritional deftciencies.Methods One hundred and twenty-seven patients who met the PICU admission standards with a PICU stay of ＞72 h were recruited from June to October 2012 in Shanghai Children's Medical Center.Anthropometric measurements and all nutrition-related indicators of those patients were recorded from day 1 to day 10.Results 59 of the 127 patients (46.5％) showed malnutrition at admission,in which 49.2％ had severe malnutrition.65 of the 127 patients (51.2％) showed malnutrition at discharge,in which 63.1％ were severely malnourished.Median estimated energy requirements (EER) by American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition was 376.7 kJ/ (kg · d) [interquartile range,IQR:314.0～376.7 kJ/ (kg · d)],prescribed calories were 237.8 kJ/ (kg· d) [IQR:159.5 ～291.8 kJ/ (ks· d)],and delivered calories were 220.2 kJ/ (kg· d)[IQR:132.3 ～ 279.2 k J/ (kg · d)],showing significant difference (P =0.000).The delivered energy was ＜90％ of EER in 80.7％ of the 1021 recorded days and the prescribed energy was ＜90％ of EER in 74.3％of the 1021 recorded days.The cumulative calory deficiency from day 1 to day 10 in PICU was (933.5 ±745.5) kJ/ (kg · person),and the cumulative protein deficiency was (4.0 ±5.0) g/ (kg · person).83 patients (65.4％) experienced at least one feeding interruption.Altogether 170 times of feeding interruption were recorded,of which 117 (68.8％) could be explained by examination procedures.Conclusions There is a high prevalence of malnutrition in critically ill children at admission into PICU,and their nutritional status deteriorates during hospital stay.Discrepancies between required and delivered energy were mainly attributed to under-prescription,while discrepancies between prescribed and delivered energy were mainly attributed to feeding interruptions.Appropriate care for these children entails early nutritional risk screening and correct nutrition support to avoid nutritional deficiencies.