Background & problems: Early enteral nutrition and receiving more than 70% of the ideal caloric intake level has been shown to reduce patient infection rates, duration of hospital stays, and mortality. Only 40.6% of patients in our surgical intensive care unit were achieving the ideal caloric intake level.
Purpose: This project was designed to raise the ratio of those achieving an ideal caloric intake level from 40.6% to 70%.
Resolutions: Strategies included: (1) providing education related to nutrition, (2) establishing an enteral nutrition flowchart and popularizing and carrying out the enteral nutrition flowchart, (3) discussing together with doctors and nutritionists about feeding conditions, and (4) revising standard procedures for the NG feeding of critical patients.
Results: Seventy percent of patients in the surgical intensive care unit achieved their ideal caloric intake level after implementation of this intervention.
Conclusions: This project used interdisciplinary cooperation to improve caloric intake among patients in the surgical intensive care unit. The intervention and results may be used as a reference by hospitals for improving patient caloric intake and hospital quality of care.
Title: 提升重症病人72小時內腸道灌食理想熱量達成率之改善專案
背景: 早期提供重症病人腸道灌食並於72小時內達目標熱量之70%，可降低院內感染、住院天數與死亡率。本單位重症病人之理想熱量達成率較低（40.6%）。
目的: 透過專案的執行，使重症病人72小時內理想熱量達成率提升至70%。
解決方法: (1)舉辦營養相關在職教育、(2)制定腸道灌食流程表、宣導並鼓勵執行腸道灌食流程表、(3)與醫師及營養師共同討論病人灌食狀況、⑷修訂重症病人鼻胃管灌食標準流程等。
結果: 理想熱量達成率由40.6%提升至74.3%。
結論: 此專案透過跨團隊合作，確實可提高重症病人之理想熱量達成率。可提供未來其他醫院改善重症病人理想熱量之參考，以改善醫療照護品質。
Keywords: critical patients; enteral nutrition; ideal caloric intake.