An enhanced nutrition support system is associated with greater adequacy of enteral nutrition in long-term ICU patients: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutritional management strategies for long-term ICU patients remain insufficiently established. This study evaluated the association between implementing an enhanced nutrition support system and enteral nutrition (EN) adequacy and related care indicators in patients with prolonged ICU stay.

Methods

In this single-center retrospective study, 85 adults with ICU stay ≥ 14 days were assigned to the conventional (January 2019 to October 2021; n = 48) or enhanced (November 2021 to March 2024; n = 37) groups based on hospital adoption of the enhanced nutrition support system, without patient-level prospective assignment or randomization. During the enhanced period, this system-comprising full-time dietitian assignment, standardized EN protocols for oral and tube feeding,

SUBMITTER: Hayashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature