Assessment of nutritional status and related factors in critically ill patients at the Infectious Intensive Care Unit in 108 Military Central Hospital

  • Nguyễn Thị Thư Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108
  • Trương Việt Dũng Trường Đại học Thăng Long
  • Nguyễn Đình Phú Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

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Malnutrition in severe patients

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Objective: Assessment of nutritional status and related factors in severe cases before and after one week of treatment. Subject and method: A cross-sectional study was performed on 42 severe patients at Infectious Intensive care unit in 108 Military Central Hospital from July 2017 to October 2017. Result: Patients’ mean age was 66.7 ± 15.3 years; the most common diseases were sepsis (35.7%), encephalitis - meningitis (26.2%), pneumonia (16.7%); the rate of malnutrition at admission according to BMI, SGA, protein and albumin were admission 16.7%; 35.7%; 31.0% and 73.8%; respectively. 47.6% of patients had reflux during sonde feeding, 14.3% had diarrhea. After 1 week at Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the prevalence of malnutrition (by SGA scale) increased from 35.7% to 78.6%, OR = 2.03, p<0.05, serum protein, albumin, RBC, Hb were markedly decreased (RRR ranged from 6.9% to 10.3%; p<0.05). Factors related to the nutrition status (malnitrition and decrease of some serum indexes) were mostly gastroesophageal reflux  with/without diarrhea which caused increasing rate of malnutriton (OR = 5.2, p<0.05), adversed effect on RBC and serum protein (OR ranged 1.5 - 1.6, p>0.05). 72.9% of infectious patients had CBC < 3×1012/l when compared with the rate of 20% in non-infectious patients (OR = 10.8, p<0.05). There was a tendency of increased risk of malnutrition in infectious cases (OR = 2.3, p>0.05). Conclusion: The nutrition status of severe infectious patients worsen during treatment at ICU; the related factors include gastroesophageal reflux and/or diarrhea, infection status during treatment.

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