Table 2.
Summary of Caloric Needs of Critically Ill and Healthy Individuals in the Context of the Minnesota Starvation Study and Actual Current ICU Calories
| Mean REE (kcal/d) | TEE (kcal/d) |
TEE/wght (kcal/kg/d) | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Uehara et al ICU Study12 | |||
| Sepsis Patients | |||
| (Mean age: 67) | |||
| Week 1 | ~1854 | 1927 +/− 370 | 25 +/− 5 |
| Week 2 | 3257 +/− 370 | 47 +/− 6 | |
| Trauma Patients | |||
| (Mean Age: 34) | |||
| Week 1 | ~2122 | 2380 +/− 422 | 31 +/−6 |
| Week 2 | 4123 +/− 518 | 59 +/−7 | |
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| WHO Calorie Requirements Healthy Subjects* | |||
| Men | ~3000 | 44 (Range: 35–53) | |
| Women | ~2500 | 36 (Range: 29–4) | |
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| Minnesota Starvation Study Calorie Delivery | Delivered Energy (Kcal/d) | Delivered Energy/Wght (Kcal/kg/d) | |
| Baseline Period | 3200 | ~50 | |
| Starvation Period | ~1800 | 23–30 | |
| Recovery Period Delivery (For recovery to occur) | ~4000 | ~60 | |
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| Actual Average Kcal/d | 1034 kcal/d | ||
| Delivered In Critically Ill Patients | |||
| Over First 12 Days of ICU Stay15 | |||
*
- Data for healthy 70 kg person with intermediate physical activity (1.75 physical activity level (PAL) factor)-Reference:http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5686e/y5686e00.htm#Contents)