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- Title
Relationship between nutritional adequacy and clinical outcomes in critically ill neonates in Post Gastrointestinal Surgery condition.
- Authors
Hajipour, Mojtaba; Roudi, Fatemeh; Boskabady, Abbas; Dehnavi, Zahra; Khademi, Gholamreza; Nematy, Mohsen
- Abstract
Introduction: Critically ill neonates (CIN) in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) have unique nutritional needs that, according to previous studies, the impact of nutritional support on clinical outcomes has become a major challenge. The purpose of this observational study was to investigate the probable relation between major nutritional support indices and clinical outcomes of CIN after post-gastrointestinal surgery condition in the NICU. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Akbar Children's Hospital, Mashhad, Iran in 2019. A total of 59 post gastrointestinal surgical CIN with NICU length of stay >72 hours were enrolled. Clinical outcomes, including the length of ventilator dependency, ICU and hospital stay, 28-day mortality and possible infection were gathered. Delivered energy and protein were recorded as well. SPSS software (version 20) was used for data analysis. Results: In this study, there was no correlation between energy and protein intake and NICU and 28-day mortality. Lower energy intake was significantly associated with increased infection rates, duration of mechanical ventilation, and length of NICU stay (P=001, P=0.005, and P=0.07, respectively) and protein intake was oppositely related with infection rates, duration of mechanical ventilation, and length of NICU stay (P = 0.004, P = 0.02, P = 0.009 and P = 0.03, respectively). Conclusion: The importance of clinical outcomes in this study requires sensible measures in CIN that increase nutritional adequacy in these cases is significantly reduced by reducing the rate of infection and length of hospital stay.
- Subjects
IRAN; CRITICALLY ill; GASTROINTESTINAL surgery; NEWBORN infant health; NEONATAL intensive care units
- Publication
Journal of Nutrition, Fasting & Health, 2022, Vol 10, p170
- ISSN
2821-2746
- Publication type
Article