TY - JOUR AU - Salimah Japar, AU - Kim Lam Soh, AU - Hatifah Che Hussin, AU - Nor Airini Ibrahim, AU - Swee Leong Ong, AU - Kim Geok Soh, PY - 2016/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THE TREND OF ENTERAL FEEDING AMONG CRITICALLY- ILL PATIENTS IN ADULT ICUs IN MALAYSIA JF - GEOMATE Journal JA - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMATE VL - 12 IS - 30 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/1242 SP - 115-120 AB - <p>The adequacy of caloric intake is crucial for all critically-ill patients in Intensive Care Units <br>because energy expenditure is higher in these patients compared to normal patients in general wards. Adequate <br>calorie intake will promote positive outcome to the patients while inadequate calorie will lead to malnutrition <br>which will increase the length of stay. The objective of this study was to determine the adequacy of caloric <br>intake received by critically-ill patients in the general ICU in Malaysia. This was a cross sectional study which <br>used a proforma adapted from ICU protocol. There were 132 participants involved in this study. The descriptive <br>statistic and independent t-test were used for the statistical analysis. The results showed that 75.8% (n=100) <br>received adequate or more than calorie prescribed while 24.2% (n=32) received calorie less than the given <br>prescription. Patients that received early feeding were 72% (n=95) and late feeding were 28% (n=37). The <br>continuous feeding method was most commonly used in early feeding patients from Day 1 to Day 3. There was <br>an association between the adequacy of calorie intake and the length of stay (p&lt;0.05). Findings obtained from <br>this study will provide information for the nurses and other health care providers to improve the management of <br>patients so that all patients will receive adequate caloric intake during their stay in ICUs.</p> ER -