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. 2010 Mar 16;14(2):R37. doi: 10.1186/cc8915

Table 2.

Ratio of prescribed to required calories, ratio of delivered to prescribed calories and ratio of delivered to required calories per day

Day Number of patients on each day % of prescribed/required % of delivered/prescribed % of delivered/required
1 203 43 (37-54) 85 (77-92) 36 (29-44)
2 189 67 (59-76) 85 (76-91) 57 (48-65)
3 166 73 (65-88) 90 (80-98) 66 (58-73)
4 148 80 (71-91) 90 (79-97) 72 (65-80)
5 130 86 (78-93) 93 (82-101) 80 (71-88)
6 116 88 (79-95) 90 (79-99) 79 (70-86)

7 110 87 (78-94) 93 (81-102) 81 (73-88)

Values are expressed as median (interquartile range).